clock
Definitions
- A surname.
- A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.
- A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
- A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
- A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day
- A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.
- A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time
- The odometer of a motor vehicle.
- The odometer of a motor vehicle
- An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
- An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules
- The seed head of a dandelion.
- The seed head of a dandelion
- A time clock.
- A CPU clock cycle, or T-state.
- A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.
- A watch (timepiece).
- A face; the head.
Equivalents
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Azərbaycan dilisaat
Беларускаягадзі́ннік
বাংলাঘড়ি
བོད་སྐད།ཆུ་ཚོད
Češtinahodiny
Cymraegcloc
Danskur
Esperantohorloĝo
Eestikell
Euskaraerloju
فارسیساعت
Gaeilgeclog
ગુજરાતીઘડિયાળ
Hausaagogo
עבריתשעון
Magyaróra
Հայերենժամացույց
ქართულისაათი
Қазақ тілісағат
ភាសាខ្មែរនាឡិកា
Кыргызчасаат
LëtzebuergeschAuer
Lingálangonga
Lietuviųlaikrodis
Malagasyfamantaranandro
Македонскичасовник
Монголцаг
मराठीघड्याळ
Bahasa Melayujam
Maltiarloġġ
မြန်မာနာရီ
नेपालीघडी
ଓଡ଼ିଆଘଣ୍ଟା
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਘੜੀ
Русскийчасы
Ikinyarwandaisaha
Slovenščinaura
Gagana Samoauati
Kiswahilisaa
தமிழ்கடிகாரம்
తెలుగుగడియారం
Тоҷикӣсоат
ትግርኛሰዓት
Türkmençesagat
Türkçesaat
اردوگھڑی
O'zbekchasoat
Tiếng Việtđồng hồ
isiXhosaiwotshi
Yorùbáagogo
Examples
“When the clock says midnight.”
“The seasons bring⟳ the flower again, And bring⟳ the firstling to the flock; And in the dusk of thee, the clock Beats out the little lives of men.”
“An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear⟳ thumping away as you enter⟳. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.”
“In the June days of 1848 Baudelaire reports seeing revolutionaries (he might have⟳ been one of them) going through the streets of Paris with rifles, shooting all the clocks.”
“A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer.”
“This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.”
“I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock.”
“We let⟳ the guys use⟳ the shop's tools and equipment for their own⟳ projects as long as they're off the clock.”
“Executing a NEXT to code takes 7 clocks, or 1.05 microseconds.”
“The best schedule⟳ produced by any hardware algorithm takes 7 clocks, whereas the statically reordered code in Figure⟳ 1.2(b) takes only 5 clocks.”
“Arthur Morrison, Chance of the Game But if the clock was a red 'un, and the opportunity undoubted; to be pinched in the Bow Road merely might well imply loss of caste in the mob, but nobody need⟳ be ashamed to be pinched anywhere for a gold watch⟳, after all.”
“But this you can't stand⟳, so you throw⟳ up your hand, and you find⟳ you're as cold as an icicle, In your shirt and your socks (the black silk with gold clocks), crossing Salisbury Plain on a bicycle”
“She'd a gown wi' girt flowers lik' hollyhocks An zome stockèns o' gramfer's a-knit wi' clocks”
“Most decoration involved the ankle clocks, and several are shown on p.15 in the form⟳ of charts.”
“Clocks: These are ornamental designs embroidered or woven on to the ankles of stockings.”
“his stockings with silver clocks were ravished from him”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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