clot

== English == === Alternative forms === clout (dated) === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /klɒt/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /klɔt/ (General American, dialectal in Canada) IPA(key): /klɑt/ (Canada, dialectal in the US) IPA(key): /klɒt/ (Boston, Western Pennsylvania) IPA(key): /klɔt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /klɔt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /klɒt/, /klɔ̟t/ Rhymes: -ɒt === Noun === clot (plural clots) A thrombus, solidified mass of blood. A solidified mass of any liquid. Synonyms: coagulum, coagulate A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === clot (third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted) (intransitive) To form a clot or mass. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Colt, TLOC, colt == Catalan == === Etymology === Uncertain, perhaps Indo-European but from Paleo-Hispanic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈklo̞t] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈklɔt] Rhymes: -ɔt === Noun === clot m (plural clots) pit, hole dip (a lower section of a road or geological feature) ==== Derived terms ==== clota clotada clotell clotós El Clot === Further reading === “clot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “clot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “clot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === clotte === Etymology === From Old English clot, clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott; compare clod. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klɔt/ === Noun === clot (plural clottes) A clod; a ball of earth or clay. The ground; the earth's surface. (figurative) The body. (rare) A chunk of turf or soil. ==== Descendants ==== English: clot ==== References ==== “clot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.