clutternoun [ U ]
uk/ˈklʌt.ər/us/ˈklʌt̬.ɚ/(a lot of objects in) a state of being untidy:
Sorry about the clutter in the kitchen.
My desk is covered in/full of clutter.
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- contaminant
- contaminate
- crud
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- guttersnipe
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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clutterverb [ T ]
uk/ˈklʌt.ər/us/ˈklʌt̬.ɚ/to fill something in an untidy or badly organized way:
The kids always clutter the hall (up) with school bags and coats and stuff.
Every shelf is cluttered with ornaments.
figurative I try not to clutter (up) my mind with useless information.
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Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- blot
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- foul
- mess
- mess sth up
- mix
- mix sth up
- muddle
- muddle sth up
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- soil
- stain
- sully
- tarnish
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cluttered
adjective uk/ˈklʌt.əd/us/ˈklʌt̬.ɚd/
a cluttered desk/room