noun · informal
litter
UK/ˈlɪtə(r)/US/ˈlɪtər/LIT·ter
Band 5-6speakingtask2
small pieces of rubbish left lying in public places; the act of leaving such rubbish
Examples
“Please put your litter in the bin rather than leaving it on the grass.”
“The park was full of litter after the festival.”
“There are heavy fines for littering in this city.”
Band 8 sentence
“To reduce street litter, the council combined better public bins with education campaigns in schools.”
Collocations
- litter bin
- drop litter
- littering fine
Word family
litter verblittering nounlitter noun
Common mistakes
Don't do the litter→Don't litter
a litter→litter (uncountable)
Say it for a higher band
5trash→6rubbish→7+litter
Synonyms
rubbish
Easily confused
rubbish
“She put the old magazines in the rubbish bin.”
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