clock

Speech parts

1. clock - Noun

2. clock - Verb

4. Clock - Proper noun

Meaning

A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.

A watch, esp. one that strikes.

The striking of a clock.

A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

To call, as a hen. See Cluck.

A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

time timepiece dial record measure watch timekeeper timer chronometer horologe stopwatch biff espy quadrant times
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Antonyms

appear break arrive breach neglect disdain
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Hypernyms

measure timekeeper quantify timepiece horologe

Hyponyms

alarm chronometer clepsydra mistime water clock water glass

Phrases with the word

round the clock around the clock against the clock off the clock turn the clock back Doomsday Clock

Examples

Your cell phone has already replaced your watch, camera, calendar, and alarm clock. Don't let it replace your family. Source: Internet

Don't run ahead of God. Let Him guide your steps. He has His own plans. He has His own time. God's clock is never late, It always strikes right on time... Dorotheus of Gaza

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. H. G. Wells

If it were not for the hands, the clock would be useless. Polish Proverb

Even the most expensive clock still shows sixty minutes in every hour. Jewish Proverb

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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