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say it: LIT-ur
litter is a noun and verb meaning "the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal". It is pronounced /ˈlɪtɚ/ — LIT-ur. It carries 7 recorded senses.
the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
material used to provide a bed for animals
make a place messy by strewing garbage around
give birth to a litter of animals
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for litter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.