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
If a number of things litter a place, they are scattered untidily around it or over it. Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement. + littered lit·tered The entrance hall is littered with toys and wellington boots Concrete purpose-built resorts are littered across the mountainsides
{i} refuse, trash; disorder; number of young born to an animal at one time; curtained couch suspended between poles and carried by men or animals; stretcher; bedding for humans or animals (made of straw, rushes, etc.)
1 The accumulation of dead leaves, branches and other plant and animal remains that form the top layer of the forest floor 2 Trash, waste paper, or garbage lying scattered about
A group of young produced at one birth Hog litters vary in size from 11-12 piglets, with an average of 8-9 being weaned from the sow (see piglet, wean, sow )
the top layer of forest floor, typically composed of loose debris such as branches, twigs, and recently fallen leaves or needles; little altered in structure by decomposition The L layer of the forest floor (Deeming et al 1977) Also loose accumulations of debris fallen from shrubs, or dead parts of grass plants laying on the surface of the ground
Uppermost layer, on the soil surface, of loose organic debris (for example, as in forests), consisting of freshly fallen or slightly decomposed organic materials
The top layer (L layer) of the forest floor directly above the fermentation layer (F layer), composed mainly of recently fallen leaves and pine needles, but also includes dead twigs, bark fragments, etc (See Duff)
The uppermost layer of organic debris on the ground under a vegetation cover, i e , essentially the freshly fallen or only slightly decomposed vegetable material, mainly from foliage but also bole, bark fragments, twigs, flowers, fruits, etc
Accumulation of leaves, twigs and other forms of organic matter on the soil surface In most soils, the surface layer of litter is at various stages of decomposition
1 multiple offspring produced at a single birth by a multiparous animal 2 a spongy layer of twigs, leaves, bark and organic debris covering the floor of a forest (Morris 1992)
If something is littered with things, it contains many examples of it. History is littered with men and women spurred into achievement by a father's disregard Charles' speech is littered with lots of marketing buzzwords like `package' and `product'
The uppermost layer of organic debris on a forest floor, i e , essentially the freshly fallen or slightly decomposed vegetable material, mainly leaf litter, bark fragments, twigs, flowers, and fruits
The freshly fallen on only slightly decomposed plant material on the forest floor This layer includes foliage, bark fragments, twigs, flowers, and fruit
Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside. If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter. = rubbish
A litter of things is a quantity of them that are lying around in a disorganized way. He pushed aside the litter of books and papers and laid two places at the table
conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) give birth to a litter of animals make a place messy by strewing garbage around strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground
The freshly fallen or only slightly decomposed plant material on the forest floor This layer includes foliage, bark fragments, twigs, flowers, and fruit
The surface layer of the forest floor which is not in an advanced stage of decomposition, usually consisting of freshly fallen leaves, needles, twigs, stems, bark, and fruits
Top layer of the forest, scrubland, or grassland floor, directly above the fermentation layer, composed of loose debris of dead sticks, branches, twigs, and recently fallen leaves or needles, little altered in structure by decomposition
The uppermost layer of organic debris on a forest floor It contains freshly fallen or only slightly decomposed vegetable matter, mainly foliage, and also bark, twigs, flowers, and fruits