English Explanatory Dictionary

clutter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A confused disordered jumble of things.
  2. Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
  3. Alternative form of clowder (“collective noun for cats”).
  4. Clatter; confused noise.
  5. A Sperner family.
verb
  1. To fill something with clutter.
  2. To clot or coagulate, like blood.
  3. To make a confused noise; to bustle.
  4. To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clutter.wav /ˈklʌtɚ/ [ˈklʌɾɚ]

Word forms

clutter clutters cluttering cluttered

Etymology

From Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), equivalent to clot + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare Welsh cludair (“heap, pile”), cludeirio (“to heap”).

Derived words

anticlutter bioclutter cluttercore clutterfree clutter-free clutterless clutterous cluttersome cluttery cyberclutter declutter e-clutter surface clutter unclutter volume clutter clutterer clutter up overclutter
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