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Meaning of Clutter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈklʌtə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A confused disordered jumble of things.
    uncountable
  3. Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
    uncountable
  4. Clatter; confused noise.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  5. A Sperner family.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He saw what a Clutter there was with Huge, Over-grown Pots, Pans, and Spits.”
“Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.”
“Organizing ghost stories is like herding a clutter of cats: the phenomenon resists organization and classification.”
“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”
“It was then you might have heard a clutter: pots, pans and pitchers, mugs, jugs and jordens, all put themselves in motion at once[…]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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