"lost and found" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-lost and found.ogg Forms: lost and founds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lost and found (countable and uncountable, plural lost and founds)
  1. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners. Wikipedia link: lost and found Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, countable, uncountable Synonyms: lost property [UK], lost articles [Canada], lost-and-found Translations (department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners): oficina d'objectes trobats [feminine] (Catalan), oficina d'objectes perduts [feminine] (Catalan), 失物招領 (Chinese Mandarin), 失物招领 (shīwù zhāolǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), gevonden voorwerpen [plural] (Dutch), leiubüroo (Estonian), löytötavaratoimisto (Finnish), objets trouvés [masculine, plural] (French), obxectos perdidos [masculine, plural] (Galician), Fundbüro [neuter] (German), γραφείο απολεσθέντων αντικειμένων (grafeío apolesthénton antikeiménon) [neuter] (Greek), απολεσθέντα (apolesthénta) [colloquial, neuter, plural] (Greek), הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵדָה (hashavát avedá) [feminine] (Hebrew), oifig na n-earraí caillte [feminine] (Irish), oggetti smarriti [masculine, plural] (Italian), 遺失物取扱所 (ishitsubutsu toriatsukaijo) (alt: いしつぶつとりあつかいじょ) (Japanese), 落とし物センター (otoshimono sentā) (alt: おとしものセンター) (Japanese), قسمت اشیای گمشده (Persian), biuro rzeczy znalezionych (Polish), perdido e achado [masculine] (Portuguese), perdidos e achados [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), obiecte pierdute [neuter, plural] (Romanian), бюро́ нахо́док (bjuró naxódok) [neuter] (Russian), objetos perdidos y encontrados [masculine, plural] (Spanish), upphittat (Swedish), kayıp eşya bürosu (Turkish), б'юро знахідок (bʺjuro znaxidok) [neuter] (Ukrainian), swyddfa eiddo coll/colledig (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "word": "قسمت اشیای گمشده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "word": "biuro rzeczy znalezionych"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perdido e achado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "perdidos e achados"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "obiecte pierdute"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bjuró naxódok",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́ нахо́док"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "objetos perdidos y encontrados"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "word": "upphittat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "word": "kayıp eşya bürosu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bʺjuro znaxidok",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "б'юро знахідок"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners",
      "word": "swyddfa eiddo coll/colledig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lost and found"
}

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