Clot

Quick meaning: Clot is a noun meaning A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

Meaning

A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

More Meanings

1. A solidified mass of any liquid.
2. A person who is silly, stupid, dull, a clod.
3. (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
4. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Example Sentences

They didn't explode into blood and clotted matter.

Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.

and nothing elſe but euen, A heauie lump and clottred clod of ſeedes togither driuen)

When there is a wounded area on the body, the natural response is for platelets in the blood to clot to plug the wound.

Word Forms

• clots
• clout
• clotting
• clotted

Synonyms for clot

Depending on context, synonyms include coagulate, congeal, coagulum, clog, curdle, clabber.

Antonyms for clot

Common opposites include homogenize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coagulate, clog, coagulum, clabber, curdle, stroke.

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