lost objects
Items gone astray
Lost objects are things that have been misplaced or cannot be found by their owner.
The phrase appears in contexts ranging from practical to mystical: lost-and-found bins, prayers to Saint Anthony (patron saint of lost objects), and the universal frustration of searching for keys or glasses.
She had an uncanny ability to locate lost objects around the house.
- misplacedPut in wrong location
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- senior momentBrief memory lapse
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- foundDiscovered or established
keys · car keys · wallet · searching · retracing steps · vanished · hidden · recovered · turning up · treasure · buried · memory · couch · couch cushions · pockets · junk drawer · rummaging · disappeared
- Halakhahalakhah, halacha, Jewish law, mitzvot, commandments
- Talmudic LawMishnah, daf, sugya, redaction, Geonim