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clatter

[klat-er] / ˈklæt ər /




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The clatter of cutlery as an atmosphere sours over dinner.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Aromatics are where things begin: ginger, garlic, onions and their cousins; the soft clatter of mirepoix or soffritto; a bloom of spices warming in fat.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Dishes clatter, steam bursts from large cooking pots and music is seeping through the bustling chatter of Russian pensioners, hunched over bowls of free meals in a Saint Petersburg soup kitchen.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

We all watch helplessly as their phones clatter to the floor.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed




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