Difference between litter and wastepaper

Definitions

verb

1. strew
2. give birth to a litter of animals
3. make a place messy by strewing garbage around

noun

1. rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
2. conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
3. material used to provide a bed for animals
4. the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

Examples

In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight.

The jar tipped over, and hundreds of wooden clacks could be heard as the pencils littered the ground.

The town hall lost two bollards and a litter bin, railings, and a large stone pedestal has been cracked.

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