lost-and-found
US uk
/ˌlɒst.ənˈfaʊnd/ us
/ˌlɑːst.ənˈfaʊnd/ (UK lost property office)Meaning of lost-and-found in English
(Definition of lost-and-found from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of lost-and-found
lost-and-found
The film cans were unmarked, and ended up in the hotel's lost-and-found department and were eventually moved to a storage facility.
It also has a small gift shop and the central lost-and-found facility for all four theme parks.
Typically, the hero slowly gains knowledge of his past through legend, prophecy, lost-and-found-again family members, or encounters with mentor characters who know more about him/her than he/she does.
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