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{
"term": "litter",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "small pieces of rubbish such as paper, cans and bottles, that people have left lying in a public place",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There will be fines for people who **drop litter**."
},
{
"text": "Please do not leave litter after your picnic."
},
{
"text": "Pick up your litter and take it home with you."
}
],
"collocations": {
"… of litter": ["pile"],
"verb + litter": ["drop", "leave", "clean up"],
"litter + verb": ["be strewn"],
"litter + noun": ["basket", "bin", "lout"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a number of things that are lying in an untidy way",
"sensetop": "litter of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The floor was covered with a litter of newspapers, clothes and empty cups."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a dry substance that is put in a shallow open box for pets, especially cats, to use as a toilet when they are indoors",
"labels": "(also especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "cat litter"
},
{
"text": "kitty litter"
},
{
"text": "a litter tray"
},
{
"text": "a litter box"
}
],
"topics": ["Animals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a number of baby animals that one mother gives birth to at the same time",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a litter of puppies"
},
{
"text": "the runt *(= the smallest and weakest baby)* of the litter"
},
{
"text": "‘Chief’ was born six years ago, one of a litter of 11."
}
],
"topics": ["Animals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the substance, especially straw, that is used for farm animals to sleep on",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for carrying important people",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlɪtə(r)/",
"audio": "li/litter/litter__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlɪtər/",
"audio": "li/litter/litter__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally referring to a structure used to carry people carried on men's shoulders or by animals): from Old French litiere, from medieval Latin lectaria, from Latin lectus ‘bed’. Senses 1 and 2 date from the mid 18th cent."
}