Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lost and found

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English

Syllables: lost and -found
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Well, if you can't find your glasses, then go to lost and found and ask if anyone turned them in."
"It’s a shame all the pain / That they send you through / When you’re trying to get ahead / But when the gossip starts getting you down / And you feel like your heart is in the lost and found"

Usage

Inflected Forms

lost and founds (plural) lost-and-found (alternative)

Synonyms

lost articles lost property

Questions

What does lost and found mean?: A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners.

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