lost-and-found

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

lost and found

Synonyms

lost property lost articles

Hypernyms

depository depositary deposit repository

Examples

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing. Adrian Grenier

Honest to a fault, he turned in everything left by passengers on his train to the Metro-North Lost and Found… even an envelope containing $400 in cash. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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