EGG TIMER

Meaning of EGG TIMER in English

a small hourglass or clock device running about three to five minutes, used to time the boiling of an egg.

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

EGG TIMER — noun Date: 1884 a small sandglass for timing the boiling of eggs
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EGG TIMER — noun : a small sandglass running about three minutes for timing the boiling of eggs — compare hourglass
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EGG TIMER — small timer used for timing the boiling of eggs
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EGG TIMER — Date: 1884 : a small sandglass for timing the boiling of eggs
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EGG TIMER — Function: noun Date: 1884 : a small sandglass for timing the boiling of eggs
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EGG TIMER — ■ noun a device, traditionally a small hourglass, for timing the cooking of a boiled egg.
Concise Oxford English vocab
EGG TIMER — [egg timer] n (1884): a small sandglass for timing the boiling of eggs
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EGG TIMER — noun a device that you use to measure the time needed to boil an egg
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG-TIMER — ˈegg-ˌtimer BrE AmE noun [countable] a small glass container with sand in it that runs from one part to the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EGG-TIMER — see egg timer
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG TIMER — also egg-timer ( egg timers) An egg timer is a device that measures the time needed to boil an egg. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG TIMER — also egg-timer (~s) An ~ is a device that measures the time needed to boil an egg. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EGG-TIMER — see egg timer
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EGG-TIMER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Joyce's family is numbered with the grains of sand in a thousand egg-timers.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGG-TIMER — сущ. часы для варки яиц n трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц) egg-timer трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EGG-TIMER — Песочные часы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EGG-TIMER — _n. трёхминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EGG-TIMER — трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EGG TIMER — трехминутные песочные часы
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EGG TIMER — трехминутные песочные часы
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EGG-TIMER — сущ. часы для варки яиц
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EGG TIMER — сущ. таймер для варки яиц ( часто представляет собой песочные часы )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EGG-TIMER — сущ. часы для варки яиц
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EGG TIMER — сущ. таймер для варки яиц (часто представляет собой песочные часы)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EGG-TIMER — _n. трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EGG-TIMER — n. трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
EGG-TIMER — трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
EGG-TIMER — _n. трёхминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
EGG-TIMER — Песочные часы
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
EGG-TIMER — сущ. часы для варки яиц n трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц) egg-timer трехминутные песочные часы (для варки яиц)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIMER — v to fear, be afraid (of)
Interlingua English vocab
TIMER — noun Date: 1841 one that times: as, timepiece , timekeeper , a device (as a clock) that indicates by a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English eggen, from Old Norse eggja, from egg edge of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIMER — ˈtīmə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: time (II) + -er 1. : one that measures, records, or regulates time: as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIMER — (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. …
Английский словарь Webster
TIMER — (n.) In electric ignition, an adjustable device for automatically timing the spark.
Английский словарь Webster
TIMER — /tuy"meuhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that times. 2. a person who measures or records time. 3. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EGG — egg 1 — eggless , adj. — eggy , adj. /eg/ , n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse eggja; akin to Old English ecg edge — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIMER — add. ·noun in electric ignition, an adjustable device for automatically timing the spark. 2. timer ·noun a timekeeper; especially, a …
Webster English vocab
EGG — [egg] vt [ME, fr. ON eggja; akin to OE ecg edge--more at edge] (13c): to incite to action--usu. used with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EGG
Britannica English vocabulary
TIMER — timer BrE AmE ˈtaɪm ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ timer|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EGG — egg BrE AmE eɡ ▷ egged eɡd ▷ egging ˈeɡ ɪŋ ▷ eggs eɡz ▶ ˌ egg and ˈ spoon …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIMER — / ˈtaɪmə(r); NAmE / noun (often in compounds) a device that is used to measure the time that sth takes; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — / eg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a small oval object with a thin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIMER — tim ‧ er /ˈtaɪmə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ time , ↑ overtime …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EGG — I. egg 1 S1 W2 /eɡ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ] 1 . BIRD …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EGG — 1. n.1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Oxford English vocab
TIMER — ( timers) A timer is a device that measures time, especially one that is part of a machine and causes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — ( eggs, egging, egged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An egg …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIMER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES old timer COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE old ▪ There is such a difference between …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird lays its eggs ▪ The bird lays a single egg on the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGG — (FOOD) [noun] - the oval or rounded object with a hard shell which is produced by female birds, esp. chickens, …
Cambridge English vocab
EGG — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS …
Slang English vocab
TIMER — noun Timer is used before these nouns: ↑ switch Timer is used after these nouns: ↑ egg , ↑ kitchen …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EGG — noun 1 of birds/as food ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ bad , rotten ▪ free-range , organic ▪ chicken , duck …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TIMER — • ↑ old timer
Longman Activator English vocab
EGG — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS …
Словарь английских идиом
EGG — I сущ. 1) яйцо to boil eggs ≈ варить яйца to beat eggs ≈ взбивать яйца to candle eggs ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
-TIMER — в сложных словах означает занятый столько-то времени; halftimer рабочий, занятый неполную неделю -timer в сложных словах означает занятый столько-то времени; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIMER — timer.ogg ʹtaımə n 1. хронометражист; хронометрист 2. часы; часовой механизм ( в бытовом приборе ) electronic timer - электронные часы …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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