lost-and-found

1. 1.

   repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them

   Broaderdepository

Questions about lost-and-found

What does lost-and-found mean?

lost-and-found means "repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them".

How many syllables are in lost-and-found?

lost-and-found has 3 syllables and divides as lo-st-and--found under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is lost-and-found a common word?

lost-and-found is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.