clutter

Meaning

1. A confused disordered jumble of things.
2. Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
3. Alternative form of clowder (“collective noun for cats”).
4. (obsolete) Clatter; confused noise.
5. A Sperner system.

disorder

disarray

mare’s nest

discomfiture

erst

hugger mugger

mix in

dog’s breakfast

disorganiztion

dog’s dinner

radar clutter

background return

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/

From Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), equivalent to clot + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare Welsh cludair (“heap, pile”), cludeirio (“to heap”).

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