litter

[US]/'lɪtə/
[UK]/'lɪtɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. waste material; rubbish disorderly, messy pile
vt. & vi. make untidy; scatter rubbish

Phrases & Collocations

pick up litter

throw away litter

littering is prohibited

anti-littering campaign

Example Sentences

a litter of five kittens.

the blight of litter on the beach

litter disfigures the countryside.

the textbooks are littered with flubs.

have (a litter of) kittens

litter on the streets of a town

the floor is littered with the carcasses of newspapers.

huge chunks of masonry littered the street.

the pig is one of a litter of nine farrowed in July.

a litter of sleeping bags on the floor.

clothes and newspapers littered the floor.

there was broken glass littered about.

litter scummed the surface of the water.

the litter in the streets after a parade.

Selfish picnickers litter the beach with food wrappers.

Litter in the hen coop beds down if it is not raked.

The floor was littered with ravel(l)ings.

a litter of two shes and a he

Papers littered his desk.

He littered the yard with bottles and cans.

Real-world Examples

Don't change your kitty, change your kitty litter.

Source: Friends Season 3

To see if his hunch was right, Skok observed 18 litters, including 150 piglets.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds March 2017 Collection

She's probably a daughter from last year's litter.

Source: Nordic Wild Style Chronicles

People are always littering in New York.

Source: Mary and Max Original Soundtrack

But they can have a litter of kittens already before that.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

Also, there's a whole lot more litter y'all.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2019 Collection

Forest crabs are common here, feeding on the abundant leaf litter.

Source: Beautiful China

Would you pick up the litter that has missed the recycling bin?

Source: 2023 Celebrity High School Graduation Speech

I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do.

Source: Charlotte's Web

" We'll need to make a litter to carry him, " said Osha.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

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