clutter
an untidy collection of objects
TRANSLATION
clutter = das Durcheinander --- GOOGLE INDEX clutter: approximately 10,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Desk CLUTTER make workers ill
(BBC News)
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I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite CLUTTER.
- Freddy Mercury, former lead singer of the rock group Queen
(BBC News)
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I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite CLUTTER.
- Freddy Mercury, former lead singer of the rock group Queen
Did you
know?
clutter
noun
- a disordered heap or mass of objects
- a state of disorder
(Collins English Dictionary)
clutter
verb
- to fill or spread over in a disorderly manner
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Clutter is from the 16th century and stems from a variant of "clotern", meaning to form clots or pile up. The sense of litter or garbage was first recorded in the late 16th century.
In addition to the sense of untidy, which some people have on their desk at work, clutter can also refer to:
- A type of light pollution that is in the form of a grouping of lights which appear to collectively generate too much light at night
- Unwanted echoes in a radar system that "clutter" the signal to be detected
- In marketing, clutter is the large amounts of (often) unwanted consumer advertising. In radio TV broadcasting, it refers to commercials and promotions that don't belong to the current program.
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SYNONYMS
disarray, chaos, disorder, litter, untidiness
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Despite the clutter on his desk, he finds what he wants immediately."
noun
- a disordered heap or mass of objects
- a state of disorder
(Collins English Dictionary)
clutter
verb
- to fill or spread over in a disorderly manner
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Clutter is from the 16th century and stems from a variant of "clotern", meaning to form clots or pile up. The sense of litter or garbage was first recorded in the late 16th century.
In addition to the sense of untidy, which some people have on their desk at work, clutter can also refer to:
- A type of light pollution that is in the form of a grouping of lights which appear to collectively generate too much light at night
- Unwanted echoes in a radar system that "clutter" the signal to be detected
- In marketing, clutter is the large amounts of (often) unwanted consumer advertising. In radio TV broadcasting, it refers to commercials and promotions that don't belong to the current program.
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SYNONYMS
disarray, chaos, disorder, litter, untidiness
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Despite the clutter on his desk, he finds what he wants immediately."
