timepiece

[ tahym-pees ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌpis /

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noun

an apparatus for measuring and recording the progress of time; chronometer.

a clock or a watch.

Nearby words

timely, timeo danaos et dona ferentes, timeous, timeously, timepass, timepiece, timepleaser, timer, times, times sign, times square

Origin of timepiece

First recorded in 1755–65; time + piece

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Examples from the Web for timepiece

Mr. Rogers, how, on a dark day and in the absence of a timepiece, would you judge the passage of time?
Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930|Various
Her mother only answered by pointing to the little French timepiece on the mantel.
Minnie's Pet Parrot|Madeline Leslie
At Yarmouth, too, I got my famous tin clock, the only timepiece I carried on the whole voyage.
Sailing Alone Around The World|Joshua Slocum
With considerable difficulty the portly bishop extracted his timepiece.
Toaster's Handbook|Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers

It is not necessary for spoiling a timepiece to break its every bearing; one loose screw stops all the wheels.
A Man's Value to Society|Newell Dwight Hillis

British Dictionary definitions for timepiece

timepiece

/ (ˈtaɪmˌpiːs) /

noun

any of various devices, such as a clock, watch, or chronometer, which measure and indicate time

a device which indicates the time but does not strike or otherwise audibly mark the hours

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timepiece

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timepiece

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