Meaning | A timepiece that shows the time of day. |
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Instances | Big Ben | clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London |
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Parts | clock face, clock dial | The face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day |
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fusee drive, fusee | A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring |
movement | The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) |
Narrower | alarm clock, alarm | A clock that wakes / wakes a sleeper at some preset time |
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analog clock | A clock that displays the time of day by the position of hands on a dial |
chronometer | An accurate clock (especially used in navigation) |
cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound / sound like the call of the cuckoo |
digital clock | A clock that displays the time of day digitally |
electric clock | A clock using a small electric motor |
pendulum clock | A clock regulated by a pendulum |
system clock | A time-of-day clock in a computer system |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
turret clock | A clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower |
wall clock | A clock mounted on a wall |
water clock, clepsydra, water glass | clock that measures time by the escape of water |
Broader | timepiece, timekeeper, horologe | A measuring ... / measuring instrument or device for keeping time |
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Spanish | reloj |
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Catalan | rellotge |
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Verbs | clock | measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time |
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