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clutter
The definition of clutter is a lot of disorganized stuff in one place.
(noun)A pile of clothes mixed with toys, photos and books is an example of clutter.
Clutter is defined as to make things disorganized.
(verb)Dumping everything brought home after a trip out in a pile is an example of to clutter.
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See clutter in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a number of things scattered in disorder; jumble
Origin: var. of clatter
Dialectal clatter- the interference on a radarscope caused by hills, buildings, etc.
Origin: var. of clotter < clot
transitive verb
to put into disorder; jumble: often with up
intransitive verb
Dialectal to make a clatter; bustle
Related Forms:
- cluttery adjective
See clutter in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble: sorted through the clutter in the attic.
- A confused noise; a clatter.
- To fill or spread over in a disorderly manner: Boxes cluttered the garage.
- To make disorderly or hard to use by filling or covering with objects: I cluttered up my desk with old memos.
- To run or move with bustle and confusion.
- To make a clatter.
Origin:
Origin: Probably from Middle English cloteren, to clot
Origin: , from clot, lump
Origin: , from Old English clott
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