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clotted

  • past participle
    of clot.
    clot
    noun
    a mass or lump.
  • past tense form
    of clot.
    clot
    noun
    a mass or lump.

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Still, around the globe, other routes to citizenship are becoming more clotted.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

William revealed he had his scones the Devonian way - layering clotted cream first followed by jam.

From BBC May 22, 2026

One tenacious fallacy about Shakespeare is that his speeches are always clotted with gargantuan words; Macbeth’s “multitudinous seas incarnadine” is a classic example.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

High-fat creams generally contain 30-40% fat and include whipping cream, double cream and clotted cream.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2025

It was a strange voice, deep and thick and sort of clotted, as though it had to fight its way through a can of worms before coming out.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli