May 22, 2012

Phrasal Verb: littered with

Rubbish littered around

If something is littered with something it has, or contains, a lot of that thing.

Examples of use:
1. The English language is littered with phrasal verbs.

2. His bedroom floor was littered with books and clothes.

3. This town’s streets are littered with rubbish.

litter (noun) – paper and other rubbish left in a public place.

litter (verb) – to drop litter in a place or to scatter litter in a place.

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