English Explanatory Dictionary

clot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
  2. A solidified mass of any liquid.
  3. A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.
verb
  1. To form a clot or mass.
  2. To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Pronunciation

/klɒt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clot.wav /klɔt/ /klɑt/

Word forms

clot clots clout clotting clotted

Etymology

From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.

Synonyms

coagulum coagulate congeal

Derived words

anticlot blood clot clot retraction time clotshot clotty clutter coroner's clot euglobulin clot lysis time microclot periclot clottability clottable clotting factor clottish kaolin clotting time

Translations

Aromanian: ncljeg Bulgarian: съсирвам се Bulgarian: пресичам се Catalan: coagular-se Catalan: agrumollar-se Chinese Mandarin: 結塊 /结块 Dutch: klonteren Dutch: stollen Finnish: hyytyä French: coaguler French: cailler Galician: callar Galician: trallar German: Klumpen bilden German: klumpen Ido: grumeleskar Italian: coagularsi Latin: concrēscere Latin: coāgulāre Latin: conglobāre Manx: çhiu Manx: binjee (dairtying) Manx: glub Māori: tepe Māori: tetepe Persian: لخته شدن Polish: krzepnąć Portuguese: coagular Romanian: închega Russian: сгуща́ться Russian: сгусти́ться Russian: свёртываться Russian: сверну́ться Russian: запека́ться Russian: запе́чься Spanish: coagularse Turkish: pıhtılaşmak Ottoman Turkish: پختیلانمق Welsh: tolchi
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