clutter
to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner: All kinds of papers cluttered the top of his desk.
British Dialect. to run in disorder; move with bustle and confusion.
British Dialect. to make a clatter.
to speak so rapidly and inexactly that distortions of sound and phrasing result.
a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter: It's impossible to find anything in all this clutter.
a state or condition of confusion.
confused noise; clatter.
an echo or echoes on a radar screen that do not come from the target and can be caused by such factors as atmospheric conditions, objects other than the target, chaff, and jamming of the radar signal.
Origin of clutter
1Other words for clutter
Other words from clutter
- o·ver·clut·ter, verb (used with object)
- un·clut·ter, verb (used with object)
- un·clut·tered, adjective
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How to use clutter in a sentence
There, in his cluttered office at the end of a gravel lane, I came face to face with one of my unsung literary heroes.
The ex-votos are not all contained within the cluttered room.
There's an old rotary phone and a few yellowed papers on a cluttered old wooden desk.
Minimalism is in vogue, and living a less cluttered life is probably good for your mental health and for the environment.
Suburbs Are Dying, Say Urbanists, but the Obits May Be Premature | Josh Dzieza | August 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTKeeping excess inventory around tied up cash, cluttered up factory floors, and imposed storage and management costs.
Suddenly something cluttered up the airways—some sort of interference—and the mystery of the ether died away.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseA simple ambition perhaps, but in the cluttered life of Henry Bemis, an impossibility.
Time Enough at Last | Lyn VenableHis shack back of the Brady lodge was cluttered with melodramatic magazines which he read by the hour.
The Missing Formula | Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann WirtIn one part of it stood several upholstered chairs with covers on, cluttered about a plain table.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempHe glanced about the cluttered city room, now suddenly grown large and empty.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for clutter
/ (ˈklʌtə) /
(usually tr often foll by up) to strew or amass (objects) in a disorderly manner
(intr) to move about in a bustling manner
(intr) to chatter or babble
a disordered heap or mass of objects
a state of disorder
unwanted echoes that confuse the observation of signals on a radar screen
Origin of clutter
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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