litter

Definition of litter

Nouns

the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

Type of:: animal group
a group of animals

rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)

Type of:: rubbish, scrap, trash
worthless material that is to be disposed of

conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; covered couch
a litter with a cover for privacy; palankeen, palanquin
a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers; sedan, sedan chair
a closed litter for one passenger; jampan
a kind of sedan chair used in India; stretcher
a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles; gurney
a metal stretcher with wheels

Type of:: conveyance, transport
something that serves as a means of transportation

material used to provide a bed for animals

Synonyms:: bedding, bedding material

Type of:: material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

Verbs

strew

"Cigar butts littered the ground"

Type of:: be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

make a place messy by strewing garbage around

Type of:: straw, strew
spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)

give birth to a litter of animals

Type of:: bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have
cause to be born

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Words that contain litter

flittering scotoma

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