{
    "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."
}