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clutter

(klʌtəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense clutters, present participle cluttering, past tense, past participle cluttered
1. uncountable noun
Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary.
Caroline prefers her worktops to be clear of clutter.
Synonyms: untidiness, mess, disorder, confusion More Synonyms of clutter
2. verb
If things or people clutter a place, they fill it in an untidy way.
Empty soft-drink cans clutter the desks. [VERB noun]
The roads were cluttered with cars and vans. [be VERB-ed + with]
Clutter up means the same as clutter.
The vehicles cluttered up the car park. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
This room is so impressive it would be a shame to clutter it up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also V n P + with]
cluttered graded adjective
...a sad, dirty, cluttered room filled with the evidence of a sloppy man.
Synonyms: untidy, confused, disordered, littered More Synonyms of clutter
More Synonyms of clutter

clutter in British English

(ˈklʌtə)
verb
1. (usually tr; often foll by up)
to strew or amass (objects) in a disorderly manner
2. (intransitive)
to move about in a bustling manner
3. (intransitive)
to chatter or babble
noun
4. 
a disordered heap or mass of objects
5. 
a state of disorder
6. 
unwanted echoes that confuse the observation of signals on a radar screen
Word origin
C15 clotter, from clotteren to clot

clutter in American English

(ˈklʌtər)
noun
1. 
a number of things scattered in disorder; jumble
2.  Dialectal
clatter
3. 
the interference on a radarscope caused by hills, buildings, etc.
verb transitive
4. 
to put into disorder; jumble
often with up
verb intransitive
5.  Dialectal
to make a clatter; bustle
Derived forms
cluttery (ˈcluttery)
adjective
Word origin
var. of clotter < clot; (sense 2) var. of clatter

Examples of 'clutter' in a sentence
clutter

To simplify things and have less clutter in my life.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
These people are about to get serious help to clear out their clutter.
The Sun (2012)
We also needed to remove the clutter from her monthly calendar.
Christianity Today (2000)
The great battle of modern domestic life is keeping the clutter within manageable proportions.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She said too much clutter could hinder the way the brain processes information.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And a little less clutter in the life of the more organised younger brother.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The first task is to clear away the clutter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Do you have too much clutter in your home?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The answer is to clear our heads of clutter.
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
Room for a bit of clutter.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But have they spotted the pent-up demand for car clutter?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Once you reduce this clutter, your old files will be more visible again.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Too much clutter and you'll look insecure.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The Times reported last month that sandwich boards and advertising placards are to be banned to reduce street clutter.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
People keep so much clutter on their desks and that's the total opposite of that clear holiday feeling.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I'd rather not clutter up the car with a portable one.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I would willingly forgo all the high-tech gadgets that clutter up new cars in favour of a genuine spare.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some people say they're unsightly, and that they clutter up the place.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If you don't, the rear speakers will clutter up the room to little purpose.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We offer less clutter, more clarity; less stop and stare and more look and go.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's smarter inside too with an 8in touchscreen and less clutter.
The Sun (2014)
Clothes and hangers clutter the changing rooms, two of which are being used as overflow storage, and there is a long queue at the tills.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
clutter

British English: clutter /ˈklʌtə/ NOUN
Clutter is a lot of unnecessary or useless things in an untidy state.
She lives surrounded by clutter.
  • American English: clutter
  • Arabic: فَوْضَى
  • Brazilian Portuguese: bagunça
  • Chinese: 混乱
  • Croatian: nered
  • Czech: harampádí harampádí
  • Danish: rod
  • Dutch: rommel
  • European Spanish: revoltijo de chismes
  • Finnish: sekasotku
  • French: bazar
  • German: Kram
  • Greek: ακαταστασία
  • Italian: confusione
  • Japanese: 散らかしたもの
  • Korean: 어질러진 물건
  • Norwegian: virvar
  • Polish: nieład
  • European Portuguese: tralha
  • Romanian: harababură
  • Russian: беспорядок
  • Latin American Spanish: revoltijo
  • Swedish: skräp
  • Thai: กองระเกะระกะ
  • Turkish: yayıntı
  • Ukrainian: мотлох
  • Vietnamese: sự lộn xộn

Chinese translation of 'clutter'

clutter

(ˈklʌtəʳ)

vt

  1. (also clutter up) 使凌(淩)乱(亂) (shǐ língluàn)

n (u)

  1. 杂(雜)乱(亂)的东(東)西 (záluàn de dōngxi)
(noun) 
Definition
a state of untidiness
She preferred her work area to be free of clutter.
Synonyms
untidiness
mess
Linda can't stand mess.
disorder
The emergency room was in disorder.
confusion
The rebel leader seems to have escaped in the confusion.
litter
He pushed aside the litter of books.
muddle
My thoughts are all in a muddle.
disarray
He found the room in disarray.
jumble
a meaningless jumble of words
hotchpotch
Opposites
order
,
organization
,
neatness
,
tidiness
(verb) 
Definition
to scatter objects about (a place) in an untidy manner
I don't want to clutter the room up with too much junk.
Synonyms
litter
Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement.
scatter
He began by scattering seed and putting in plants.
strew
By the end, bodies were strewn all around the headquarters building.
mess up
Opposites
arrange
,
organize
,
tidy
,
straighten
,
order

Additional synonyms

in the sense of confusion
Definition
disorder
The rebel leader seems to have escaped in the confusion.
Synonyms
disorder,
chaos,
turmoil,
upheaval,
muddle,
bustle,
shambles,
disarray,
commotion,
disorganization,
disarrangement
in the sense of disarray
Definition
extreme untidiness
He found the room in disarray.
Synonyms
untidiness,
state,
mess,
chaos,
tangle,
mix-up,
muddle,
clutter,
shambles,
jumble,
hotchpotch,
hodgepodge,
dishevelment,
pig's breakfast (informal)
in the sense of disorder
Definition
a state of untidiness and disorganization
The emergency room was in disorder.
Synonyms
untidiness,
mess,
confusion,
chaos,
havoc (informal),
muddle,
state,
clutter,
shambles,
disarray,
jumble,
irregularity,
disorganization,
hotchpotch,
derangement,
hodgepodge,
pig's breakfast (informal),
disorderliness

Synonyms of 'clutter'

clutter

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