litter

Definitions

• (countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
• (collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
• (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
• (uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
• (uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
• (uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
• A covering of straw for plants.