"litter box" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-litter box.wav Forms: litter boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} litter box (plural litter boxes)
  1. A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with kitty litter, sand, clay chips, etc. Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms (box designated as soiling area for cats): cat box Related terms: cat litter, kitty litter Translations (box to provide a soiling area for cats): 貓砂盆 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫砂盆 (māoshāpén) (Chinese Mandarin), kissanhiekkalaatikko (Finnish), bac à chat [masculine] (French), litière [feminine] (French), Katzenklo [neuter] (German), lettiera [feminine] (Italian), kuweta dla kota (Polish), kuweta (Polish), caixa de areia [feminine] (Portuguese), liteira [feminine] (Portuguese), caja de arena [feminine] (Spanish), kattlåda [common-gender] (Swedish), kedi tuvaleti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-litter_box-en-noun-oZoLWOGw Disambiguation of Cats: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'box designated as soiling area for cats': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'box to provide a soiling area for cats': 100 0
  2. (usually humorous) A toilet. Tags: humorous, usually
    Sense id: en-litter_box-en-noun-OTAX6p6R

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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