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Noun: clutter  klú-tu(r)
  1. A confused multitude of things
    "The attic was a clutter of old furniture, books, and forgotten mementos";
    - jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother, scramble
     
  2. Unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
    "The radar operator had to filter out the clutter to identify the true targets"
Verb: clutter  klú-tu(r)
  1. Fill a space in a disorderly way
    "The children cluttered up the living room with their toys";
    - clutter up

Derived forms: cluttered, clutters, cluttering

Type of: disorder, disorderliness, disturbance, fill, fill up, interference, noise, radar echo

Antonym: clear

Encyclopedia: Clutter, Bill