Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clot

/klɑt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: clot
IPA: /klɑt/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

noun

A solidified mass of any liquid.

noun

A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.

verb

To form a clot or mass.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"and nothing elſe but euen, A heauie lump and clottred clod of ſeedes togither driuen)"
"Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach."
"When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound."
"They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel-der. Proto-Germanic *kluttaz Proto-West Germanic *klott Old English clott Middle English clot English clot From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”). Doublet of clod and klutz.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: clot, clott, *klott

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /klɑt/
British English: /klɒt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

clots (plural) clout (alternative, dated) clots (present, singular) clotting (participle, present) clotted (participle, past) clotted (past)

Derived Forms

anticlot clotshot clotty clutter microclot periclot clottability clottable clottish

Phrases

blood clot clot retraction time coroner's clot euglobulin clot lysis time clotting factor kaolin clotting time

Synonyms

coagulum coagulate congeal clog curdle clabber

Rhymes With

not got lot shot hot bought caught spot scott forgot plot pot

Questions

How do you pronounce clot?: The recorded pronunciation is /klɑt/.
What does clot mean?: A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
Where does clot come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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