litter 1 of 2

noun

ˈli-tər How to pronounce litter (audio)
Definition of litternext
1
as in variety
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things a litter of magazines covered the bedroom floor

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2
as in garbage
discarded or useless material if you get caught throwing your litter on the sidewalk, you'll get slapped with a fine

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litter

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verb

as in to pup

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for litter
  1. variety
  2. garbage
  3. pup
  4. assortment
  5. debris
  6. kid
  7. jumble
  8. trash
Noun
  • Vesper Theatre's main performance space, an 80-seat black box theater, can support a variety of art forms from dance to theater to film.
    — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
  • The trio are all therapies for multiple myeloma, a complex type of blood cancer where patients may need a variety of treatments to help fight the disease.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of variety
Noun
  • Building a new garbage incinerator plant now would cost Miami-Dade County $3 billion under a private development deal that’s facing criticism by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, according to a recent memo.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • The notice of violation was issued on July 12, after the agency received more than 40 public complaints of rotten, sour, garbage-type odors in the area.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of garbage
Verb
  • The southern elephant seal pup mortality was estimated to be 76% across a population of 17,000 seal pups born on the islands, the program said.
    — Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • But competition in summer decreases pup survival to one or two.
    — Ted Williams, Denver Post, 12 June 2026
Definition of pup
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  • Cotliar went on to work at an assortment of local papers around Los Angeles, then caught wind that The Times had an opening.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Protect Illinois Communities Act was signed into law in 2023 by Pritzker and bans AR-15 rifles and similar guns, large-capacity magazines and an assortment of attachments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • Last week, a group of about 50 residents rallied a block away from the warehouse and demanded the company clean up the debris from the fire and then pack up and leave.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Still others tend the fleet already in orbit, refueling, relocating, and extending the life of satellites, and clearing the debris that crowded orbits leave behind.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of debris
Verb
  • But Guthrie wasn’t kidding, slipping into a yellow gingham dress before joining her co-hosts on the Today Show Plaza to greet visitors.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • If there was any skepticism due to the level of competition Moss faced in college, don’t kid yourself.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of kid
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • Attorneys for the owners of the landfill, which stopped accepting trash last year, claimed this spring in the litigation that the lawsuits may be tainted by fraud.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • The concrete bleachers around the basketball court was teeming with trash, plastic cups, and bottles of alcohol.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
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