clutter

clut·ter  (kltr)

n.

1. A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble: sorted through the clutter in the attic.

2. A confused noise; a clatter.

v. clut·tered, clut·ter·ing, clut·ters

v.tr.

1. To fill or spread over in a disorderly manner: Boxes cluttered the garage.

2. To make disorderly or hard to use by filling or covering with objects: I cluttered up my desk with old memos.

v.intr.

1. To run or move with bustle and confusion.

2. To make a clatter.

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[Probably from Middle English cloteren, to clot, from clot, lump, from Old English clott.]

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clutter

Verb

to scatter objects about (a place) in an untidy manner

Noun

1. an untidy heap or mass of objects

2. a state of untidiness [Middle English clotter]

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Clowder, Cludder, Clutter kendle or kindle of cats, 1801; a group of cats.

Example: clowder of cats.

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Clutter a confused collection; a clotted mass; a crowded and confused group; a collection. See also clowder.

Examples: clutter of bodies, 1674; of business, 1649; of cats; of citations, 1666; of consonants, 1791; of narrow crooked, dark, and dirty lanes, 1792; of drops against the glass, 1841; of spiders; of thick and deep grass, 1670.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clutter - a confused multitude of things fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" rummage - a jumble of things to be given away
	2.	clutter - unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen radar echo - an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object interference, noise, disturbance - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Verb	1.	clutter - fill a space in a disorderly way clutter up fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" clear, unclutter - rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

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clutter

noun 1. untidiness, mess, disorder, confusion, litter, muddle, disarray, jumble, hotchpotch << OPPOSITE order

verb 2. litter, scatter, strew, mess up << OPPOSITE tidy

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Permanent echoes, cloud, or other atmospheric echo on radar scope; as contact has entered scope clutter. See also radar clutter.

Translations

clutter [ˈklʌtəʳ] vt (also: clutter up) → atestar, llenar desordenadamente

n → desorden m; confusión f

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clutter [ˈklʌtəʳ] vt (also: clutter up) → encombrer

n → désordre m, fouillis m

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clutter [ˈklʌtəʳ] vt (also: clutter up) (room) → vollstopfen: (table) → vollstellen

n → Kram m (inf)

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clutter [ˈklʌtəʳ] vt (also: clutter up) → ingombrare

n → confusione f; disordine m