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LOST-AND-FOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lost-and-found mean? 

LOST-AND-FOUND (noun)
  The noun LOST-AND-FOUND has 1 sense:

1. repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim themplay

  Familiarity information: LOST-AND-FOUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOST-AND-FOUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lost-and-found" is a kind of...):

deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)


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