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clot

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /klɒt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: /klɔt/
  • General-American, dialectal: /klɑt/ in Canada
  • Canada, dialectal: /klɒt/ in the US
  • Boston, Pennsylvania, Western: /klɔt/
  • Australian: /klɔt/
  • New-Zealand: /klɒt/
  • New-Zealand: /klɔ̟t/
  • rhymes with -ɒt
  • CMU ARPABET: K L AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A solidified mass of any liquid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coagulum, coagulate

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To form a clot or mass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coagulum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk

Narrower terms: thrombus, embolus

7

verb

Meaning 7

coalesce or unite in a mass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Blood clots

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coalesce

8

verb

Meaning 8

turn into curds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • curdled milk

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: curdle, clabber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change state, turn

9

verb

Meaning 9

change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • coagulated blood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coagulate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change state, turn

Narrower terms: curdle

10

verb

Meaning 10

cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coagulate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aromanian: cljag — blood clot
  • Bulgarian: съсирек (sǎsirek) — blood clot
  • Catalan: coàgul — blood clot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血塊 /血块 (xuèkuài) — blood clot
  • Dutch: klonter — blood clot
  • Finnish: hyytymä — blood clot
  • French: caillot — blood clot
  • French: thrombus — blood clot
  • German: Blutgerinnsel — blood clot
  • Greek: θρόμβος (thrómvos) — blood clot
  • Ancient Greek: θρόμβος (thrómbos) — blood clot
  • Hindi: थक्का (thakkā) — blood clot
  • Hungarian: vérrög — blood clot
  • Ido: grumelo — blood clot
  • Irish: teachtán — blood clot
  • Italian: coagulo — blood clot
  • Italian: trombo — blood clot
  • Italian: grumo — blood clot
  • Japanese: (血の)塊 (katamari) — blood clot
  • Japanese: 凝血 (gyōketsu) — blood clot
  • Latin: blatta — blood clot
  • Manx: çhaghtane — blood clot
  • Māori: poketoto — blood clot
  • Māori: tepe — blood clot
  • Māori: tepetepe — blood clot
  • Middle English: clod — blood clot
  • Occitan: grumèl — blood clot
  • Occitan: grumèu — blood clot
  • Occitan: tromb — blood clot
  • Persian: لخته (laxte) — blood clot
  • Polish: skrzep — blood clot
  • Portuguese: trombo — blood clot
  • Portuguese: coágulo — blood clot
  • Romanian: cheag — blood clot
  • Romanian: tromb — blood clot
  • Russian: сгу́сток (sgústok) — blood clot
  • Spanish: coágulo — blood clot
  • Spanish: cuajarón — blood clot
  • Thai: ลิ่ม (lîm) — blood clot
  • Turkish: pıhtı — blood clot
  • Ukrainian: тромб (tromb) — blood clot
  • Ukrainian: згу́сток кро́ві (zhústok króvi) — blood clot
  • Walloon: alot — blood clot
  • Welsh: tolch — blood clot
  • Welsh: tolchen — blood clot
  • Catalan: grumoll — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Finnish: klimppi — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Galician: grolo — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Ancient Greek: θρόμβος (thrómbos) — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Irish: teachtán — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Manx: glub — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Polish: grudka — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Portuguese: grumo — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Ottoman Turkish: پختی (pıhtı) — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Ukrainian: згу́сток (zhústok) — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Welsh: tolch — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Welsh: ceulad — solidified mass of any liquid
  • Bulgarian: глупак (glupak) — a silly person
  • Catalan: beneit — a silly person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 笨蛋 (bèndàn) — a silly person
  • Dutch: stommeling — a silly person
  • Dutch: idioot — a silly person
  • Finnish: tollo — a silly person
  • French: imbécile — a silly person
  • French: idiot — a silly person
  • German: Trottel — a silly person
  • Italian: idiota — a silly person
  • Italian: stupido — a silly person
  • Italian: imbecille — a silly person
  • Portuguese: bobo — a silly person
  • Russian: болва́н (bolván) — a silly person
  • Aromanian: ncljeg — to form into a clot
  • Bulgarian: съсирвам се (sǎsirvam se) — to form into a clot
  • Bulgarian: пресичам се (presičam se) — to form into a clot
  • Catalan: coagular-se — to form into a clot
  • Catalan: agrumollar-se — to form into a clot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結塊 /结块 (jiékuài) — to form into a clot
  • Dutch: klonteren — to form into a clot
  • Dutch: stollen — to form into a clot
  • Finnish: hyytyä — to form into a clot
  • French: coaguler — to form into a clot
  • French: cailler — to form into a clot
  • Galician: callar — to form into a clot
  • Galician: trallar — to form into a clot
  • German: Klumpen bilden — to form into a clot
  • German: klumpen — to form into a clot
  • Ido: grumeleskar — to form into a clot
  • Italian: coagularsi — to form into a clot
  • Latin: concrēscere — to form into a clot
  • Latin: coāgulāre — to form into a clot
  • Latin: conglobāre — to form into a clot
  • Manx: çhiu — to form into a clot
  • Manx: binjee (dairtying) — to form into a clot
  • Manx: glub — to form into a clot
  • Māori: tepe — to form into a clot
  • Māori: tetepe — to form into a clot
  • Persian: لخته شدن (laxte šodan) — to form into a clot
  • Polish: krzepnąć — to form into a clot
  • Portuguese: coagular — to form into a clot
  • Romanian: închega — to form into a clot
  • Russian: сгуща́ться (sguščátʹsja) — to form into a clot
  • Russian: сгусти́ться (sgustítʹsja) — to form into a clot
  • Russian: свёртываться (svjórtyvatʹsja) — to form into a clot
  • Russian: сверну́ться (svernútʹsja) — to form into a clot
  • Russian: запека́ться (zapekátʹsja) — to form into a clot
  • Russian: запе́чься (zapéčʹsja) — to form into a clot
  • Spanish: coagularse — to form into a clot
  • Turkish: pıhtılaşmak — to form into a clot
  • Ottoman Turkish: پختیلانمق (pıhtılanmak) — to form into a clot
  • Welsh: tolchi — to form into a clot
  • Catalan: coagular — to cause to clot
  • Finnish: hyydyttää — to cause to clot
  • Italian: coagulare — to cause to clot
  • Manx: çhiu — to cause to clot
  • Manx: binjee — to cause to clot
  • Manx: glub — to cause to clot
  • Portuguese: coagular — to cause to clot
  • Romanian: coagula — to cause to clot
  • Russian: сгуща́ть (sguščátʹ) — to cause to clot
  • Russian: сгусти́ть (sgustítʹ) — to cause to clot
  • Russian: свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ) — to cause to clot
  • Russian: сверну́ть (svernútʹ) — to cause to clot
  • Welsh: tolchi — to cause to clot