litter box
noun
chiefly US
: a container holding dry material (called litter) that is used as a toilet by animals (especially cats) while they are indoors
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This won’t stop the miscues, but putting mats or pee pads around the litter box will make cleaning up a little easier.
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Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
The prize of the collection—a pallid, recumbent, half-naked Cleopatra, by Artemisia Gentileschi—was on loan to a museum, leaving a ghostly rectangle of space on a wall near the kitchen, where a litter box was discreetly positioned.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Those who are pregnant should avoid cleaning the litter box and other areas where cats may have defecated.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 10 July 2024
McCormick suggests using this opportunity to make a cut-out for a pet bed or litter box in front of the millwork.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 Feb. 2024
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Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
The prize of the collection—a pallid, recumbent, half-naked Cleopatra, by Artemisia Gentileschi—was on loan to a museum, leaving a ghostly rectangle of space on a wall near the kitchen, where a litter box was discreetly positioned.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Those who are pregnant should avoid cleaning the litter box and other areas where cats may have defecated.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 10 July 2024
McCormick suggests using this opportunity to make a cut-out for a pet bed or litter box in front of the millwork.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 Feb. 2024
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