Litter

/ˈlɪtə(ɹ)/

noun

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

  3. Material used as bedding for animals.

    sleep in the litter

Synonyms: cacolet, palanquin, sedan chair, stretcher, garbage, junk, rubbish, trash

verb

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

    By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering.

  2. To scatter carelessly about.

  3. To strew (a place) with scattered articles.

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