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  • 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.

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  • adjective thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • External piles are the main cause of rectal pain and are caused by thrombosed blood vessels also known as clotted piles.

    unknown title 2009

  • Larkin said that in Britain, you might hear people refer to something called clotted cream.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2008

  • * 'Ashta is a kind of clotted cream similar to the Turkish kaymak.

    Morning of Roses Mercedes 2007

  • * 'Ashta is a kind of clotted cream similar to the Turkish kaymak.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Mercedes 2007

  • 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.

    Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea 2006

  • 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

  • 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).

    The Poetry of Heartbreak 2003

  • 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).

    The Poetry of Heartbreak 2003

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  • clotted prose”: wonderfully evocative!

    May 3, 2007