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EGG TIMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does egg timer mean?
• EGG TIMER (noun)
The noun EGG TIMER has 1 sense:
1. a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs
Familiarity information: EGG TIMER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("egg timer" is a kind of...):
sandglass (timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage)
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