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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When we talk about litter, we mean pieces of paper, plastic, or other things that you might see lying in the street or on the ground. After a big parade, there is often litter in the street.
Hailey and her friends went to the beach to pick up litter and put it into trash bags.
- similar words:
- debris, garbage, junk, mess, trash
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| definition 2: |
A litter is a group of young animals, such as puppies, born to one mother at one time.
The cat we adopted came from a litter of seven kittens.Lila was the smallest puppy in her litter when she was born.
- synonyms:
- young
- similar words:
- issue, offspring
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| definition 3: |
Litter is small bits of material, like wood chips or bits of dried clay, spread at the bottom of an animal's cage or in a special box or area for a cat or other domestic animal. Litter collects the animal's waste and can be removed easily for cleaning of the cage or area.
How often do you change the litter in your hamster's cage?- similar words:
- straw
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| related words: |
waste, young |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
litters, littering, littered |
| definition 1: |
When you litter, you drop things you don't want on the ground and just leave them there, or you let them fly away in the wind.
It is against the law to litter in the park. |
| definition 2: |
When people litter a place, they drop things on the ground there and don't pick them up. They go away and leave them there.
Some people at the festival littered the streets with drink cups and paper plates. |
Litter comes from an early French word for "bed." "Bed" was the first meaning of the word in English, and all of its modern meanings have something to do with a bed.
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