Litter

  • 31litter — [13] The word litter has come a long way semantically since it was born, from ‘bed’ to ‘rubbish scattered untidily’. It goes back ultimately to Latin lectus ‘bed’, a distant relative of English lie and source of French lit ‘bed’ (which forms the… …

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  • 32Litter robot — is a self cleaning litter box for cats that uses a rotating globe to sift the clumps from the clean litter.It has been engineered to solve many of the problems associated with early automatic litter box designs.Rake type boxes can get stuck on a… …

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  • 33Litter (disambiguation) — Litter may mean: *Straw or other material strewn in an animal s enclosure (e.g. a stable) for it to sleep on and to absorb its faeces and urine. This is the original meaning. *Litter, trash in small portions thrown inappropriately in a public… …

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  • 34litter bin — litter basket or litter bin noun A receptacle for rubbish • • • Main Entry: ↑litter * * * litter bin UK US noun [countable] [singular litter bin plural …

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  • 35litter tray — UK US noun [countable] [singular litter tray plural litter trays] british a container that holds cat litter Thesaurus: sanitation and waste disposal …

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  • 36Litter bug — may refer to: *Giant burrowing cockroach ( Macropanesthia rhinoceros ) *Someone who litters (see litter) *Litterbug Anti Litter Campaign ( Dont be a litterbug program) …

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  • 37Litter (rescue basket) — Litter Rescue Basket (a.k.a. Stokes Litter) are essentially a stretcher with sides (or just a raised edge) and a removable head/torso cover. They are most notably remembered from Korea and Viet Nam images of Air Force Pararescue soldiers or more… …

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  • 38litter-bearer — n. one who helps carry a stretcher. Syn: stretcher bearer. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39litter bin — BrE also litter .basket BrE n a container in a public place, for things people throw away, such as papers or cans = rubbish bin, waste bin waste bin American Equivalent: trash can American Equivalent: garbage can …

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  • 40litter box — litter ,box noun count AMERICAN a container that holds CAT LITTER …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English