How do you use the word "litter" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "litter" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "litter": These days you can't walk down the street without seeing people dropping litter. There is a law against dropping litter, but it's rarely enforced.

Litter Meaning

/ˈlɪt.ɚ/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounStraw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.

nounStraw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals., A bed, especially a pile of straw (sometimes also with blankets) used as a bed.

Sentence Examples

These days you can't walk down the street without seeing people dropping litter.

There is a law against dropping litter, but it's rarely enforced.

There will be fines for people who drop litter.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The city government fines people for leaving ____ on the streets without proper disposal.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The park was unfortunately covered in ____ after the large music festival that took place last weekend.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Latin lectus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin -āria Late Latin lectuāria Old French litiere Anglo-Norman literebor. Middle English litere English litter Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"As pelows ben to chambres agreable So is harde strawe lytter for the stable." — c. 1430, John Lydgate, Horse, Goose, and Sheep:

"To place daily under those Animals... a sufficient quantity of fresh New Straw, well spread, which is call'd making of Litter." — 1693, Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, translated by John Evelyn, The Compleat Gard'ner..., page 54:

"John Baldwin held the manor of Oterarsee in Aylesbury of the king in soccage, by the service of finding litter for the king's bed, viz. in summer grass or herbs, and in winter straw." — 1774, Joseph Collyer, The History of England..., volume II, page 126:

"The afterwards dry the horsedung in the sun, beat it with a mallet through fine sieves, and make it into litter for the horses; for no straw can be obtained for litter in Constantinople." — 1862, Albert Henry Wratislaw, Adventures of Baron Wenceslas Wratislaw of Mitrowitz..., Book II, p. 59:

"The traitours sought the Kyng... yn the withdrawyng chaumburs, yn the litters, undir the presses." — 1440, John Shirley, The Full Lamentable Cronycle of the Dethe and False Murdure of James Stewarde..., page 17:

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