Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: lost-and-found
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: lost property)
  1. Repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them
    "He checked the lost-and-found for his missing umbrella";
    - lost property [Brit]

Derived forms: lost-and-founds

Type of: deposit, depositary, depository, repository

Encyclopedia: Lost-and-found