cluttered; cluttering; clutters
chiefly dialectal
: to run in disorder
: to fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness
a room cluttered with toys
—often used with upToo many signs were cluttering up the street corner.
1
a
: a crowded or confused mass or collection
a clutter of motels and restaurants
b
: things that clutter a place
tried to minimize the unnecessary clutter in her house
2
: interfering radar echoes caused by reflection from objects (as on the ground) other than the target
3
chiefly dialectal
: disturbance, hubbub
Examples of clutter in a Sentence
Verb
The garage was cluttered with tools.
Try to avoid cluttering your desk with books and papers.
Noun
There's a lot of unnecessary clutter in the house.
a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
This was well before the time of cellphone graveyards, where aging iPhones would begin to clutter kitchen drawers and empty shoe boxes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Dave Knox, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Tackle your bathroom cabinets: Skincare, hair products, makeup, and medicine can quickly clutter bathroom cabinets, drawers, and countertops.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
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Verb
Use comments on your own posts to drive action
Instead of cluttering posts with calls to action, drop them in the comments.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
This was well before the time of cellphone graveyards, where aging iPhones would begin to clutter kitchen drawers and empty shoe boxes.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Noun
That was huge for us in breaking through the clutter, especially when video was relatively new on that platform.
—Dave Knox, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Tackle your bathroom cabinets: Skincare, hair products, makeup, and medicine can quickly clutter bathroom cabinets, drawers, and countertops.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
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“Clutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clutter. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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clutter
1 of 2 verb
clut·ter
ˈklət-ər 
: to fill or cover with a disorderly scattering of things
clutter up a room
clutter
2 of 2 noun
: a crowded or confused collection
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