litter

IPA: ɫˈɪtɝ

(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.
(collective, countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
(uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
(uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
(uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
(uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
A covering of straw for plants.

(intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
(transitive) To scatter carelessly about.
(transitive) To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
(transitive) To give birth to, in the manner of animals.
(intransitive) To produce a litter of young.
(transitive) To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
(intransitive) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

Examples of "litter" in Sentences

People throw litters on the street.
Leaf litter and death of herbs add humus to the soil.
It builds nests in tree hollows or litter of epiphyte.
Litter can be vandalism, carelessness, or inadvertence.
The cheaper the litter, the more you have to clean the box.
Add enough cat litter to the paint to absorb all of the liquid.
They can be litter box trained and are quite fastidious groomers.
The snail was found on the ground on the leaf litter under rainforest.
A new development in the industry is the use of coir pith as a deep litter.
Ten secondary schools are involved in the effort to reduce litter and recycle more waste.