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Clutter   /klˈətər/   Listen
noun
Clutter  n.  
1.
A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter. "He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits."
2.
Clatter; confused noise.


verb
Clutter  v. t.  (past & past part. cluttered; pres. part. cluttering)  To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.


Clutter  v. t.  To clot or coagulate, as blood. (Obs.)


Clutter  v. i.  To make a confused noise; to bustle. "It (the goose) cluttered here, it chuckled there."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Clutter" Quotes from Famous Books



... water-lilies And lotus pink and white— We didn't dare to say a word But we wished with all our might, For how could we manoeuvre The submarine we've got, If they go and clutter up the place With ...
— The Smiling Hill-Top - And Other California Sketches • Julia M. Sloane
... unifying force inside the frontiers of the 140 nations that presently litter and clutter the earth. Beyond each frontier, however, nationalism has become one of the most divisive sources of misunderstanding, controversy, disruption and conflict presently cursing mankind. In the exercise of their sovereignty the oligarchs who make policy and ...
— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing
... who, by the way, was a Spaniard named Miguel Carlos Speranza, that Jane Snow was then aboard her father's vessel. Captain Lote was not in the habit of taking his women-folks on his voyages with him. "Skirts clutter up the deck too much," ...
— The Portygee • Joseph Crosby Lincoln
... itself to her mind, however, for presently she opened the door leading to the attic and went up the stairs. It was dark and silent in the attic, but she threw open a window at either end, unfastened the blinds, and the daylight entered. It disclosed a clutter of old household stuff: some strings of pop-corn and dried apples and herbs hanging from the rafters, and a lot of faded garments, suspended ...
— The Rival Campers Ashore - The Mystery of the Mill • Ruel Perley Smith
... two never could understand each other! So I'm just going to clean house. Get rid of things that clutter it up. I'm going, to-night, and I don't think I shall ever see you again, so do try to be pleasant while I'm packing. This last time.... Oh, I'm free again. And so are you, you poor, decent man. Let's ...
— The Job - An American Novel • Sinclair Lewis


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