C1noun · countable / uncountable · rare

clutter

clutter · clutters

беспорядок, помехи, кутерьма

Durcheinander, Verwirrung, Unordnung, Wirrwarr

A confused disordered jumble of thingsA confused disordered jumble of things.

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UK/ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/US/ˈklʌtɚ/

» Tom has been meaning to clean out his badly cluttered garage for years.

Tom will seine zugemüllte Garage schon seit Jahren ausmisten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Том роками збирався навести порядок у своєму захаращеному гаражі. — oromashka

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Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable)A confused disordered jumble of things.
Unordnung, Wirrwarr, Durcheinander
беспоря́докbesporjádok, кутерьма́kuterʹmá
a confused multitude of things
(uncountable)Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
поме́хиpoméxi
unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
(countable, uncountable)A Sperner family.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Clatter; confused noise.
October 14 1718, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift I hardly heard a word of news or politicks, except a little clutter about sending some impertinent presidents du parliament to prison

Examples

72 sentences

Tom has been meaning to clean out his badly cluttered garage for years.
Том роками збирався навести порядок у своєму захаращеному гаражі. — oromashka
deTom will seine zugemüllte Garage schon seit Jahren ausmisten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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The room is cluttered with newspapers.
deDas Zimmer ist mit Zeitungen übersät. — Rekholder
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Tom's house is very cluttered.
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Tom's apartment is cluttered.
ruУ Тома захламлённая квартира. — Karok
deToms Wohnung ist unaufgeräumt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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All this paperwork just clutters my desk.
Всі ці папери тільки захаращують мій стіл. — oromashka
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

a confused disordered jumble of things:

background echos:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

a confused disordered jumble of things:

Origin

From Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), eq

From Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), equivalent to clot + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare Welsh cludair (“heap, pile”), cludeirio (“to heap”).

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