Litter and Refuse

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Litter

Litter noun - Discarded or useless material.

Usage example: if you get caught throwing your litter on the sidewalk, you'll get slapped with a fine

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Refuse is a synonym for litter in rubbish topic. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead the word "Litter" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like thing, mess. popular alternative

Nearby Words: littered, littery, littering

Refuse

Refuse noun - Discarded or useless material.

Usage example: refuse had littered the playground until our volunteer group cleaned it up

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Litter is a synonym for refuse in rubbish topic. You can use "Litter" instead a noun "Refuse", if it concerns topics such as garbage. popular alternative

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

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How words are described

human	human litter	human refuse
real	real litter	real refuse

Common collocations

earth

litter earth

refuse earth

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