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timer
timer /ˈtaɪ.mər/ aep /-mɚ/ noun [C]
1 F0 a device that records when a particular number of minutes, hours, etc. have gone past: » He set the timer on the oven to/for 20 minutes (= to record when 20 minutes had gone past).Thesaurus+: ↑Weighing and measuring2 F0 (UK ALSO time switch) a device on a machine that causes the machine to start or stop working at a particular point in the day Thesaurus+: ↑Machine partsWord Builder:–Nouns: time, overtime, timer, timing–Adjectives: timeless, timely, untimely–Verbs: time |