🗑️litter

noun/verb
/ˈlɪtər/

Meaning

rubbish or waste left lying in a public place; to make a place untidy by leaving rubbish

Example Sentences

The park was full of litter after the festival.

Example Expressions

litter the streets

Synonyms

trash, rubbish, debris, garbage

Antonyms

cleanliness, tidiness

Collocations

litter problem, litter bin, litter the streets, litter laws

More Example Sentences

Customers are expected not to litter in the store.

People are discouraged from littering completely in this park.

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins and a local bakery donates snacks for everyone

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins and a local bakery donates snacks for everyone making the event a great success that brings people together

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins and a local bakery donates snacks for everyone making the event a great success that brings people together and inspires the city council to install more trash cans in the area.

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