clutter
pronunciation
How to pronounce clutter in British English:
UK [ˈklʌtə(r)]
How to pronounce clutter in American English:
US [ˈklʌtər]
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- Noun:
- a confused multitude of things
- unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
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- Verb:
- fill a space in a disorderly way
Word Origin
- clutter (v.)
- 1550s, "to collect in heaps," variant of clotern "to form clots, to heap on" (c. 1400); related to clot (n.). Sense of "to litter" is first recorded 1660s. Related: Cluttered; cluttering.
- clutter (n.)
- 1570s, "things lying in heaps or confusion," from clutter (v.); the "litter" sense is from 1660s.
Example
- 1. How do you restore order in the clutter of your lives ?
- 2. Just facing the piles of clutter in your home can be overwhelming .
- 3. Visual and mental clutter forces human beings to focus and think more clearly .
- 4. Or will they just end up collecting dust and adding to your clutter ?
- 5. Concentrate the attention on your finances , your clutter , and your closet space .