American English pronunciation

How to pronounce littered

IPA transcription: ['lɪtɚd]

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Verb

  • strew

    “Cigar butts littered the ground”

  • make a place messy by strewing garbage around

  • give birth to a litter of animals

Adjective

  • filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish

    “the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris”

    “his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair”

Usage examples

  • Fires burn in the distance, and the sea is littered with shipwrecks.
  • Torn scraps littered the stone floor.
  • The steel of its blade glittered in the light of the moon.
  • The steel of its blade glittered in the light of the moon.
  • Torn scraps littered the stone floor.
  • Torn scraps littered the stone floor.
  • The steel of its blade glittered in the light of the moon.
  • Torn scraps littered the stone floor.
  • Torn scraps littered the stone floor.
  • The steel of its blade glittered in the light of the moon.