lost and found

noun

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

“Well, if you can't find your glasses, then go to lost and found and ask if anyone turned them in.”

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Meanings

nounlost and found (countable and uncountable, plural lost and founds)

plural lost and founds · alternative lost-and-found

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

    Well, if you can't find your glasses, then go to lost and found and ask if anyone turned them in.

    1 more example

    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

    1978, Shalamar, “Leave It All Up to Love”, in Disco Gardens

    Synonyms: lost articles, lost property

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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lost articleslost property
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cloakroomlost articles

Translations

Catalan oficina d'objectes trobats, oficina d'objectes perduts
  • oficina d'objectes trobatsdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • oficina d'objectes perdutsdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Chinese Mandarin 失物招領 /失物招领
  • 失物招領 /失物招领 (shīwù zhāolǐng)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Dutch gevonden voorwerpen
  • gevonden voorwerpendepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Estonian leiubüroo
  • leiubüroodepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Finnish löytötavaratoimisto
  • löytötavaratoimistodepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
French objets trouvés
  • objets trouvésdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
German Fundbüro, Fundamt
  • Fundbürodepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Fundamtdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Greek γραφείο απολεσθέντων αντικειμένων, απολεσθέντα
  • γραφείο απολεσθέντων αντικειμένων (grafeío apolesthénton antikeiménon)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • απολεσθέντα (apolesthénta)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Hebrew הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵדָה
  • הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵדָה (hashavát avedá)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Irish oifig na n-earraí caillte
  • oifig na n-earraí cailltedepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Italian oggetti smarriti
  • oggetti smarritidepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Japanese 遺失物取扱所, 落とし物センター
  • 遺失物取扱所 (ishitsubutsu toriatsukaijo)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • 落とし物センター (otoshimono sentā)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Persian قسمت اشیای گمشده
  • قسمت اشیای گمشدهdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Polish biuro rzeczy znalezionych
  • biuro rzeczy znalezionychdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Portuguese perdido e achado, perdidos e achados
  • perdido e achadodepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • perdidos e achadosdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • achados e perdidosdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Romanian obiecte pierdute
  • obiecte pierdutedepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Russian бюро́ нахо́док
  • бюро́ нахо́док (bjuró naxódok)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Spanish objetos perdidos y encontrados, objetos perdidos
  • objetos perdidos y encontradosdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • objetos perdidosdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Swedish upphittat, hittegods
  • upphittatdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • hittegodsdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Turkish kayıp eşya bürosu
  • kayıp eşya bürosudepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Ukrainian б'юро знахідок
  • б'юро знахідок (bʺjuro znaxidok)department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Welsh swyddfa eiddo coll/colledig
  • swyddfa eiddo coll/colledigdepartment, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
Cite this entry
APA

lost and found. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lost%20and%20found

MLA

“lost and found.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lost%20and%20found. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lost and found,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lost%20and%20found.

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