Clot Meaning
/klɒt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
nounA solidified mass of any liquid.
Sentence Examples
Don't worry. The blood will clot soon.
He has a suspected blood clot and needs medical attention.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A blood ____ formed in his leg after the long flight, causing severe pain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The blood ____ could cause major problems if it travels to heart.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"and nothing elſe but euen, A heauie lump and clottred clod of ſeedes togither driuen)"
— 1567, Ovid, The.xv.Bookes of P. Ouidius Naſo, entytuled Metamorphoſis, tranſlated oute of Latin into Engliſh meeter, by Arthur Golding, Gentleman:
"Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach."
— 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
"When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound."
— 2023 January 5, Amber Smith, “30 Health Benefits of Turmeric”, in Discover Magazine, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2023:
"They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter."
— 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A blood ____ formed in his leg after the long flight, causing severe pain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The blood ____ could cause major problems if it travels to heart.