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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kluht-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklʌt ər

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Définition of clutter

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun disarray, mess
  • verb cause mess, disarray
Example sentences :
  • They stood knee-deep in the clutter and lumber, facing each other abjectly.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • He spread a tarpaulin amid the clutter amidships and they sat down.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
  • She was stretching her hand out to Drury, where he lay unconscious, deep in the clutter.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • "It'll be a relief for most folks not to have the muss and the clutter," said Ellen's mother.
  • Extract from : « Christmas » by Zona Gale
  • In the center of the table, surrounded by the clutter, sat an oblong box.
  • Extract from : « Damned If You Don't » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The clutter of gear over to the left wasn't as much of a clutter as it looked.
  • Extract from : « The Risk Profession » by Donald Edwin Westlake
  • Proving conclusively that clutter, as to dress, is entirely a matter of value.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • A clutter of unwashed dishes were strewed over the red and white tablecloth.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • So Dingley cannot write, because of the clutter of new company come to Wexford!
  • Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
  • The sense of self ceases to clutter the faculties as we bend and toil.
  • Extract from : « The Hive » by Will Levington Comfort

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