THREE-MINUTE GLASS

Meaning of THREE-MINUTE GLASS in English

noun

: a device similar to an hourglass used to measure 3-minute intervals and especially to time the boiling of eggs

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MINUTE — adj minute (1. diminutive; 2. as in a minute investigation)
Interlingua English vocab
THREE — tri. THREEFOLD: triplic. THREE-CORNERED: triangulari, THREE-LEGGED: tripedat
English interlingue dictionary
THREE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Three Emperors' League Three Gorges Dam Project {{link=Three Kingdoms">Three Kingdoms Three Mile Island Three …
Английский словарь Британика
GLASS — I Solid material, typically a mix of inorganic compounds, usually transparent or translucent, hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural …
Английский словарь Британика
THREE — I. ˈthrē adjective Etymology: Middle English three, thre, from Old English thrīe (masculine), thrēo (feminine & neuter); akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MINUTE — I. min·ute ˈminə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLASS — I. ˈglas, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English glas, from Old English glæs; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THREE — (n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Английский словарь Webster
THREE — (n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
THREE — ( n. ) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREE — ( n. ) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUTE — ( a. ) Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREE — /three/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 2 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 3 or III. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUTE — minute 1 /min"it/ , n. , v. , minuted, minuting , adj. n. 1. the sixtieth part ( 1 / …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUTE — adj. of a minute or minutes; occurring in a minute; instant
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THREE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from three, adjective, from Old English thrīe (masculine), thrēo (feminine & neuter); akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THREE — adj one more than two; two and one. 2. three ·noun a symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. …
Webster English vocab
MINUTE — noun a coin; a half farthing. 2. minute ·noun a point of time; a moment. 3. minute ·noun a nautical …
Webster English vocab
GLASS — vt to case in glass. 2. glass ·vt anything made of glass. 3. glass ·vt a looking-glass; a mirror. 4. …
Webster English vocab
THREE — [three] n [ME, fr. three, adj., fr. OE thrie (masc.), threo (fem. & neut.); akin to OHG dri three, L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MINUTE — in timekeeping, 60 seconds, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. …
Britannica English vocabulary
GLASS — an inorganic solid material that is usually transparent or translucent as well as hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural …
Britannica English vocabulary
THREE — three BrE AmE θriː ▷ threes θriːz ▶ ˌ three ˈ R's BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MINUTE — I min|ute noun, verb BrE AmE ˈmɪn |ɪt § -ət AmE -|ət ▷ min|uted ɪt ɪd § ət-, -əd AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MINUTE — I . *min·ute / ˈmɪnɪt; NAmE / noun , verb —see also minute (II) ■ noun PART OF HOUR 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLASS — / glɑːs; NAmE glæs/ noun , verb ■ noun TRANSPARENT SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] a hard, usually transparent, substance …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREE — three S1 /θriː/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thrie , threo ] 1 . the number …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MINUTE — I. min ‧ ute 1 S1 W1 /ˈmɪnət, ˈmɪnɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GLASS — I. glass 1 S1 W1 /ɡlɑːs $ ɡlæs/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ glass , glasses, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THREE — n. & adj. --n. 1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MINUTE — n. & v. --n. 1 the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty minutes …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GLASS — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a hard, brittle, usu. transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THREE — n. & adj. n. 1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MINUTE — n. & v. n. 1 the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty minutes …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GLASS — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a hard, brittle, usu. transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THREE — n. & adj. --n. 1. a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Oxford English vocab
MINUTE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty …
Oxford English vocab
GLASS — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a (often attrib.) a hard, brittle, usu. transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by …
Oxford English vocab
MINUTE — I. NOUN AND VERB USES /mɪnɪt/ ( minutes, minuting, minuted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREE — ( threes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Three is the number 3. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREE — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MINUTE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 5 minutes/an hour/20 years etc ago ▪ Her husband died 14 years ago. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLASS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer glass ▪ He raised his beer glass and said 'Cheers!' a glass …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THREE — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 3three cats/trees/housesa house with three bedroomsa three-bedroom house"How many children have you got?" "Three …
Cambridge English vocab
GLASS — [noun] - a hard transparent material which is used to make windows, bottles or other containers and objectscoloured glass [U]broken …
Cambridge English vocab
GLASS — n. glass fibre Night of Broken Glass Amelung glass Baccarat glass Bohemian glass cameo glass cut glass glass architectural Glass …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THREE — n. Three Emperors' League Three Gorges Dam Project Three Henrys War of the Three Kingdoms Three Mile Island Three Stooges
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GLASS — Synonyms and related words : CM-glass, CR-glass, achromatic lens, adobe, aerological instrument, agate glass, alabaster, aneroid barometer, aneroidograph, astigmatic lens, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINUTE — I. noun 1 one sixtieth of an hour ADJECTIVE ▪ closing , final , opening ▪ He scored in the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MINUTE — See ↑ SMALL 2,3,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a minute/a moment • ↑ a minute/second ago • ↑ any minute/moment/time now …
Longman Activator English vocab
MINUTE — n. 25B6; adjective minute particles : TINY, minuscule, microscopic, very small, little, micro, diminutive, miniature, baby, toy, dwarf, pygmy, Lilliputian; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINUTE — n. 25B6; noun it'll only take a minute : MOMENT, short time, little while, second, bit, instant; informal sec, jiffy; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINUTE — n. 1 instant, second, split second, flash, moment, before you can say 'Jack Robinson', blink or wink or twinkling of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MINUTE — noun 1 BAD : The train arrived at exactly twelve past three. GOOD : The train arrived at exactly twelve …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THREE — 1. числ. колич. три three times three 2. сущ. 1) тройка 2) мн. третий номер, размер 3) три очка 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MINUTE — I 1. сущ. 1) минута а) (о времени) 1/60 часть часа б) астр., мат. 1/60 часть градуса 2) короткое расстояние …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLASS — 1. сущ. 1) а) стекло to blow, make glass ≈ выдувать стекло pane of glass ≈ оконное стекло ground glass …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREE — three.ogg 1. θri: n 1> тройка ( цифра ; тж. figure of three) 2> три; трое; группа из трёх предметов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MINUTE — minute.ogg _I 1. ʹmınıt n 1. минута it is ten minutes to three - (сейчас) без десяти три it is …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GLASS — glass.ogg 1. glɑ:s n 1. стекло Venetian armoured, stained glass - венецианское армированное, цветное стекло frosted glass - матовое стекло; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GLASS — 1) стекло 2) стеклянная оптика 3) зеркало 4) стеклянная тара, стеклотара || упаковывать в стеклотару 5) стакан; бокал 6) мн. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GLASS — 1) стекло 2) стеклянная оптика 3) зеркало 4) стеклянная тара, стеклотара || упаковывать в стеклотару 5) стакан; бокал 6) мн. ч. очки • to lit with glass …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
MINUTE — 1) важный 2) детальный 3) мелкий 4) минута 5) минутный 6) незначительный 7) скрупулезный 8) ультрамалый • minute flow rate — минутный расход minute wheel pinion — триб вексельного колеса volume …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GLASS — 1) стекло || стеклянный 2) стеклянная часть прибора 3) стеклянная оптика (бинокль, микроскоп, телескоп и т.п.) 4) зеркало 5) стакан 6) барометр • glass shatters — стекло …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

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