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Definition of clutter
intransitive verb
chiefly dialectal : to run in disorder
transitive verb
: to fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness a room cluttered with toys —often used with up Too many signs were cluttering up the street corner.
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Examples of clutter in a Sentence
The garage was cluttered with tools.
Try to avoid cluttering your desk with books and papers.
Recent Examples of clutter from the Web
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Before the 2:45 dismissal, as blue-haired ladies in large plastic glasses made their way along the sidewalk, the mid-spring Bay Ridge sky was cluttered with news-truck trees.
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Engineers think the grippers could help automate repair processes currently done by astronauts and may even be useful in future projects to clear up space debris cluttering Earth’s orbit.
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The feature that sets this GE model apart from the rest is the single-cup coffeemaker in the door that can replace the coffeemaker cluttering up your countertop.
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The bulldozer rolled through downtown Fort Lauderdale on a bright Friday in May, sent in by the city to clean up garbage cluttering the area around Stranahan Park.
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Steele’s growing file must have left his mind cluttered with new doubts, new suspicions.
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But MLB is looking constantly for ways to get fans more interested in the game, and television is searching constantly for new graphics to clutter up, er, fill the screen.
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Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley charged Almena with cluttering the space with highly flammable material and failing to provide adequate fire safety systems to tenants and visitors.
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But, like the cover, the overall effect is busy, hip and cluttered.
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Origin and Etymology of clutter
Middle English clotteren to clot, from clot
clutter
Definition of clutter
1a : a crowded or confused mass or collection a clutter of motels and restaurantsb : things that clutter a place tried to minimize the unnecessary clutter in her house
2 : interfering radar echoes caused by reflection from objects (as on the ground) other than the target
3 chiefly dialectal : disturbance, hubbub
Examples of clutter in a Sentence
There's a lot of unnecessary clutter in the house.
a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings
Recent Examples of clutter from the Web
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There is a connection between environment and stress on both ends, with excessive clutter and excessive attention to detail both holding the power to distract us from our ability to love fully, work productively and relax effectively.
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To stay safe, keep your home and workplace rodent-proof by cleaning up garbage and clutter and getting rid of old firewood, all of which could attract them.
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Clamoring to be considered the face of a team is emotional clutter.
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But AR can also be used to subtract items from view and help consumers focus on specific objects lost in panoply of visual clutter.
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Furthermore, who uses a de-clutter challenge as an opportunity to post about the heartache of deciding what four-figure designer shoes to purge?
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At one point deep into the fourth quarter, Durant and Curry collaborated on an off-ball exchange on the left wing—just the sort of screen-and-re-screen clutter that fills out every team’s basic offense.
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The Inspiron 27 7000 should offer a lot of performance at an affordable price, while still allowing for some upgrades down the road—and keeping your desk free of clutter and cables.
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Meanwhile, the clutter in low-earth orbit has grown more rapidly over the past decade.
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Origin and Etymology of clutter
see 1clutter
CLUTTER Defined for English Language Learners
clutter
playDefinition of clutter for English Language Learners
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: to fill or cover (something) with many things : to fill or cover (something) with clutter
clutter
Definition of clutter for English Language Learners
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: a large amount of things that are not arranged in a neat or orderly way : a crowded or disordered collection of things
CLUTTER Defined for Kids
Definition of clutter for Students
cluttered
;cluttering
: to fill or cover with scattered things
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