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Word entry · 7 letters

clutter

Best crossword clue

"Untidy mess"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/Part of speech verb, nounSorted celrttuStarts with CEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2L3U4T5T6E7R

Definitions

  1. fill a space in a disorderly way

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • He saw what a Clutter there was with Huge, Over-grown Pots, Pans, and Spits.
  • Organizing ghost stories is like herding a clutter of cats: the phenomenon resists organization and classification.
  • October 14 1718, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift I hardly heard a word of news or politicks, except a little clutter about sending some impertinent presidents du parliament to prison

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