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clot

clot
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [klot]
    • /klɒt/
    • /klɒt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klot]
    • /klɒt/

Definitions of clot word

  • countable noun clot A clot is a sticky lump that forms when blood dries up or becomes thick. 3
  • verb clot When blood clots, it becomes thick and forms a lump. 3
  • noun clot a soft thick lump or mass 3
  • noun clot a stupid person; fool 3
  • verb clot to form or cause to form into a soft thick lump or lumps 3
  • noun clot a soft lump of earth, clay, etc.; clod 3

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Origin of clot

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English clott lump; cognate with Middle Dutch klotte, German Klotz block, log (cf. klutz)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Clot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

clot popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

clot usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for clot

verb clot

  • curdle — If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits.
  • congeal — When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
  • thicken — make thicker
  • set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • jelly — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.

noun clot

  • mass — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
  • accumulation — An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
  • globule — a small spherical body.
  • blob — A blob of thick or sticky liquid is a small, often round, amount of it.
  • gob — the mouth.

Antonyms for clot

verb clot

  • thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
  • loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.

noun clot

  • individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
  • one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
  • opening — an open or clear space.

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