litter

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈlɪtə(ɹ)/
/ˈlɪtɚ/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.

2 Definition

(collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.

3 Definition

Material used as bedding for animals.

Example Sentences
  • sleep in the litter
4 Definition

Collectively, items discarded on the ground.

Example Sentences
  • drop litter
5 Definition

Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray

Example Sentences
  • the cat's litter
6 Definition

Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.

7 Definition

A covering of straw for plants.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).

Example Sentences
  • By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering.
2 Definition

To scatter carelessly about.

3 Definition

To strew (a place) with scattered articles.

4 Definition

To give birth to, used of animals.

5 Definition

To produce a litter of young.

6 Definition

To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.

7 Definition

To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.