STOPWATCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stopwatch mean? 

• STOPWATCH (noun)
  The noun STOPWATCH has 1 sense:

1. a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)

  Familiarity information: STOPWATCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOPWATCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stop watch; stopwatch

Hypernyms ("stopwatch" is a kind of...):

timer (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)

 Context examples 

To calculate how long the magma was stored at this boundary area, the researchers used a volcanic mineral known as spinel like a tiny stopwatch or crystal clock.

(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)