Noun
A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked? Jessica Savitch
I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer. Bob Monkhouse
Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters. Delia Smith
My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual. Phyllis Diller
If you love me true And if you love me true I'll spend my life with you And Timer You're a jigsaw, Timer. Laura Nyro
Mr. Greer timed all our speeches with an oven timer. Things were nothing at Tribeca Alternative, considered one of Manhattan's finest prep schools, if not high tech. Meg Cabot