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clitters

clitters is the plural of clitter.

Meaning of clitter

Noun

clitter (countable and uncountable, plural clitters)

  1. Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.
    • A ‘clitter’ or ‘clatter’ is a mass of boulders: it may be in the nature of a scree at the foot of the parent rock, or it may be more or less far removed from any rock exposure to which its origin can be directly attributed.1967 [1953], R.Hansford Worth, chapter 1, in G.M. Spooner, F.S. Russell, editors, Worth’s Dartmoor, Newton Abbott: David and Charles, →ISBN, page 24
    Synonyms:
    scree

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Questions about clitters

What is clitters the plural of?
Clitters is the plural of clitter.

Words near clitters in the dictionary

  1. clitsucking
  2. clitted
  3. clitter
  4. clittered
  5. clittering
  6. clitters
  7. clitties
  8. clitting
  9. clitty
  10. clitty litter
  11. Clitus

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