clot

C2 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /klɑt/ UK /klɒt/ See IPA manual

Freq #13855

Meanings

1

verb
to coalesce or unite in a mass

Blood clots.
2

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

The blood clots in order to stop you from losing all your blood.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to coalesce or unite in a mass clog

2 verb · to change from a liquid to... coagulate

More congeal clump gob thicken

Word family

Forms clotsclottedclotting

Derived forms anticlotclotshotclottabilityclottableclottishclottycluttermicroclotpericlot

Common collocations

blood clot Noun + noun

Etymology

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.

clot Middle English clott Old English *klott Proto-West Germanic

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Topics

Materials & Substances

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