Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
clot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)
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Examples
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But the 16th-century English invention called clotted cream and its Turkish and Afghan relatives kaymak and qymaq remain vital traditions.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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But the 16th-century English invention called clotted cream and its Turkish and Afghan relatives kaymak and qymaq remain vital traditions.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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External piles are the main cause of rectal pain and are caused by thrombosed blood vessels also known as clotted piles.
unknown title 2009
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Larkin said that in Britain, you might hear people refer to something called clotted cream.
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* 'Ashta is a kind of clotted cream similar to the Turkish kaymak.
Morning of Roses Mercedes 2007
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* 'Ashta is a kind of clotted cream similar to the Turkish kaymak.
Archive 2007-10-01 Mercedes 2007
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However, other parts of Britain were not slow to also get baking these new-style scones, and in the West of England they were consumed with local products such as clotted cream and fruit preserves.
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However, other parts of Britain were not slow to also get baking these new-style scones, and in the West of England they were consumed with local products such as clotted cream and fruit preserves.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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At forty Lowell found himself impatient with the "clotted" poetry (his own epithet) of Lord Weary's Castle and its successor, The Mills of the Kavanaughs (1951).
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At forty Lowell found himself impatient with the "clotted" poetry (his own epithet) of Lord Weary's Castle and its successor, The Mills of the Kavanaughs (1951).
sarra commented on the word clotted
“clotted prose”: wonderfully evocative!
May 3, 2007