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lost-and-found column

Meaning of "lost-and-found column" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN

ˌlɒstənˈfaʊnd ˈkɒləm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lost-And-Found column is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lost-and-found column in the English dictionary

The definition of lost-and-found column in the dictionary is a column in a newspaper that carries advertisements from people who have lost or found things.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN

alum · asylum · Colum · column · curriculum · emblem · Fulham · Harlem · Jerusalem · Malayalam · multicolumn · pendulum · problem · Salem · slalom · solemn · speculum · unsolemn · vestibulum · Winston-Salem

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN

loss · loss adjuster · loss leader · loss ratio · losses · lossless · lossmaker · lossmaking · lossy · lost · lost and found · lost cause · Lost Generation · lost property · lost property office · lost soul · lost tribes · lost-and-found · lost-and-found department · lostness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN

advice column · agony column · control column · correspondence column · fifth column · fractionating column · gossip column · lonely hearts column · obituary column · personal column · short column · showbiz column · social column · society column · spinal column · steering column · vertebral column

Synonyms and antonyms of lost-and-found column in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lost-and-found column» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN

Find out the translation of lost-and-found column to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lost-and-found column from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lost-and-found column» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

失而找到的柱
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

columna perdidos y encontrados
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lost-and-found column
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

खोया और पाया स्तंभ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المفقودات و العمود
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

потерял и найденных колонка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

coluna de perdidos e encontrados
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

হারিয়ে এবং পাওয়া কলাম
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bureau des objets trouvés colonne
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Lajur yang hilang dan ditemui
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

lost- and-found -Säule
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

遺失物コラム
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

분실물 열
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kolom sing ilang lan ditemokake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cột bị mất và được tìm thấy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இழந்த மற்றும் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்ட நெடுவரிசை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

गमावले-व-सापडले स्तंभ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kayıp ve bulunulan sütun
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

colonna lost- and-found
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

lost- i - kolumna znaleziono
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

втратив і знайдених колонка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

coloană a pierdut - și - a găsit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έχασε - και - βρέθηκαν στήλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verloor - en - gevind kolom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lost- and- hittade kolumnen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tapt - og-funnet kolonne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lost-and-found column

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lost-and-found column

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN»

Discover the use of lost-and-found column in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lost-and-found column and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Comprehensive Reading & Writing in English XII
... your wallet containing your valuable documents (passport, your certificates and a bunch of keys), while travelling by Taj Express from Delhi to Agra. Write a notice for publishing in 'The Times of India' (Delhi) under 'Lost and Found' column .
Anjana Aggarwal
2
Functional English
PRACTICE QUESTIONS (5 marks each) You have lost your passport and visa. Draft an advertisement to be published under the Lost and Found column of a local daily. You have lost your briefcase while travelling by Metro from Patel Nagar to ...
3
How Jesus Was Lost in the Bible ... and Found
Luke adds that last verse to this parable and puts it in his “lost and found column.” A good father raises his children to enjoy life,25 be independent, and be responsiblefor themselves. (You can't enjoy life unless you have access to it). At about ...
Floyd Hale, 2012
4
Victorians
Opposite is a reproduction of the lost and found column. You may notice that three of the advertisements are for lost people! Suggested activities ' Look at the advertisements carefully. Notice that the first few Words are in bold type to attract  ...
Ian Roberts, Brian Moses, 2012
5
Put Some Good on My Life
Billie Buckley. THE LOST AND FOUND COLUMN It had been lost for about 10 years. Today I found it. The happening was a sudden discovery. Yet, I knew it existed but wasn't sure where it was or when it got lost. No, it wasn't The Lost Colony.
Billie Buckley, 2009
6
Writing and Reporting News: A Coaching Method
Also look in the lost and found column. Is there a human interest story behind a lost pet or other item? Patricia Rojas, a former reporter for The Des Moines (Iowa) Register, was scanning the classified section of her newspaper when this ad ...
Carole Rich, 2009
7
Boys' Life
Part II SOON he found the lost-and-found column. Then his heart seemed to drop clear to his toes. His visions of a motorcycle — a precious Red Dart — vanished into thin air, for his eyes were staring at an advertisement which read: LOST: ...
8
The Provincial Press and the Community
... a pet will often be brought to public notice by means of the 'Lost and found' column; sometimes a note of pathos attaches: Lost. Pedigree dachsund, chocolate colour; answers to name Hiendl; children pining; lost Macclesfield Rd., Wilmslow .
Ian Jackson, 1971
9
The Lighter Side of Gravity
My grandad said I could put an advert in the 'lost-and-found' column of the newspaper. Can you help me” “Twenty five! – that's rather a lot. I don't think we can describe them all in the 'lost- and-found' column . . .it would be far too expensive ...
Robert Miller, 2008
10
God's 9 and Moses's 1 Commandments
Each time Israel has broken the Laws of God in trying to solidify ownership by breaking God's 9 Laws, Israel finds itself in the lost and found column yet again. Iran has valid reasons why they do not accept Israel's vision of what it is they believe ...
Rubye C. Wright, 2012

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOST-AND-FOUND COLUMN»

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1
Police as guitar heroes, and other happy tales
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GONER, BUT... Let me say this at the outset. This isn't a lost-and-found column. But... Over the years, desperate ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 11»
2
Alcoholics Anonymous marks 65 local years of sobriety success
It was a nearly invisible classified ad buried among psychic-reading offerings, the lost-and-found column and Help Wanted: man to mow lawn. «The Columbian, May 11»
3
Slavery's record
The newspaper ad, were it to run today, might appear in a lost-and-found column, wedged between yard sales and apartments for rent. «Baltimore Sun, Feb 10»
REFERENCE
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