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- pronunciation:
- klat
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a thickened lump or mass of liquid, such as blood.
A clot blocking the artery could cause a heart attack.- similar words:
- cake, clabber, clump, coagulation, concretion, curd, embolism, glob, gob, lump, mass, thrombus
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
clots, clotting, clotted |
| definition: |
of a liquid, to thicken into a semisolid lump or mass.
Blood clots at the site of an injury in order to seal off the wound.- synonyms:
- coagulate
- similar words:
- cake, clabber, clump, congeal, curd, curdle, lump, mass, set, thicken
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| related words: |
coagulate |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause (a liquid) to thicken and solidify.
She clotted the cream for the scones herself.- synonyms:
- coagulate
- similar words:
- cake, clabber, clump, congeal, curd, curdle, lump, solidify, thicken
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| definition 2: |
to block or prevent passage through.
Reporters clotted the doorway.- synonyms:
- block, clog, obstruct
- similar words:
- bottleneck, stop
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| related words: |
clog, coagulate |
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| derivation: |
clotty (adj.) |
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