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clut·ter
(klŭt′ər)n.
1. A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble: sorted through the clutter in the attic.
2. A confused noise; a clatter.
v. clut·tered, clut·ter·ing, clut·ters
v.tr.
1. To fill or spread over in a disorderly manner: Boxes cluttered the garage.
2. To make disorderly or hard to use by filling or covering with objects: I cluttered up my desk with old memos.
v.intr.
1. To run or move with bustle and confusion.
2. To make a clatter.
[Probably from Middle English cloteren, to clot, from clot, lump, from Old English clott.]
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clutter
(ˈklʌtə)vb
1. (often foll by: up) to strew or amass (objects) in a disorderly manner
2. (intr) to move about in a bustling manner
3. (intr) to chatter or babble
n
4. a disordered heap or mass of objects
5. a state of disorder
6. (Electronics) unwanted echoes that confuse the observation of signals on a radar screen
[C15 clotter, from clotteren to clot]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
clut•ter
(ˈklʌt ər)v.t.
1. to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner: Newspapers cluttered the living room.
v.i. 2. Dial. to bustle.
n. 3. a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter.
4. a confused state.
5. echoes on a radar screen that do not come from the target.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
clutter
Permanent echoes, cloud, or other atmospheric echo on radar scope; as contact has entered scope clutter. See also radar clutter.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Clowder, Cludder, Clutter
kendle or kindle of cats, 1801; a group of cats.Example: clowder of cats.
Clutter
a confused collection; a clotted mass; a crowded and confused group; a collection. See also clowder.Examples: clutter of bodies, 1674; of business, 1649; of cats; of citations, 1666; of consonants, 1791; of narrow crooked, dark, and dirty lanes, 1792; of drops against the glass, 1841; of spiders; of thick and deep grass, 1670.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
clutter
Past participle: cluttered
Gerund: cluttering
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| Noun | 1. |  clutter - a confused multitude of things disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" rummage - a jumble of things to be given away |
| 2. | clutter - unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen radar echo - an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object | |
| Verb | 1. | clutter - fill a space in a disorderly way |
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clutter
noun
1. untidiness, mess, disorder, confusion, litter, muddle, disarray, jumble, hotchpotch She preferred her work area to be free of clutter.
untidiness order, organization, neatness, tidiness
untidiness order, organization, neatness, tidiness
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
clutter
nounA lack of order or regular arrangement:
chaos, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble.
Slang: snafu.
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Translations
تَراكُم، فَوْضى،عَدَم نِظامفَوْضَى
harampádínepořádek
rod
sekasotku
nered
óregla; hlutir á rúi og stúi
散らかしたもの
어질러진 물건
prigrūstas
juceklisnekārtība
skräp
กองระเกะระกะ
sự lộn xộn
clutter
[ˈklʌtəʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
clutter
n (= confusion) → Durcheinander nt; (= disorderly articles) → Kram m (inf); the clutter of bottles and crockery in the kitchen → das Durcheinander von Flaschen und Geschirr in der Küche; his desk was in a clutter → auf seinem Schreibtisch war ein fürchterliches Durcheinander; his essay was a clutter of unrelated details → sein Aufsatz war ein Sammelsurium or Wirrwarr von zusammenhangslosen Einzelheiten
vt (also clutter up) → zu voll machen (inf) → /stellen; painting, photograph → überladen; mind → vollstopfen; to be cluttered with something (mind, room, drawer etc) → mit etw vollgestopft sein; (floor, desk etc) → mit etw übersät sein; (painting etc) → mit etw überladen sein; the floor was terribly cluttered → auf dem Fußboden lag alles verstreut; his desk was dreadfully cluttered → sein Schreibtisch war ganz voll
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
clutter
[ˈklʌtəʳ]2. vt (also clutter up) → ingombrare
to be cluttered up with sth → essere pieno/a zeppo/a or ingombro/a di qc
to be cluttered up with sth → essere pieno/a zeppo/a or ingombro/a di qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
clutter
(ˈklatə) noun state of untidiness. The house is in a clutter.
ˈcluttered adjective untidy; too full of furniture etc. Some people think it's a beautiful room but it's too cluttered for my taste.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
clutter
→ فَوْضَى harampádí rod Kram ακαταστασία revoltijo, revoltijo de chismes sekasotku bazar nered confusione 散らかしたもの 어질러진 물건 rommel virvar nieład bagunça, tralha беспорядок skräp กองระเกะระกะ yayıntı sự lộn xộn 混乱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009