litter
- Noun. (countable) 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.
- Noun. (countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
- Noun. (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
- Noun. (uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
- Noun. (uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray.
- Noun. (uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
- Verb. (intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
- Verb. (transitive) To give birth to, used of animals.
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