"egg timer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: egg timers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} egg timer (plural egg timers)
  1. A small version of an hourglass used to time the boiling of an egg. Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-egg_timer-en-noun-1tCxC97M Disambiguation of Time: 50 42 8
  2. (by extension) A timer that can be set to sound an alarm after a certain amount of time; a kitchen timer. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Time Hypernyms: hourglass, kitchen timer Translations (timer with an alarm): æggeur (Danish), eierwekker (Dutch), munakello (Finnish), sablier (note: with sand) [masculine] (French), minuteur [masculine] [mechanical, mechanical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (French), Eieruhr [feminine] (German), amadóir uibhe [masculine] (Irish), marcator de timp [neuter] (Romanian), timpizor [neuter] (Romanian), ceas de bucătărie [neuter] (Romanian), äggklocka [common-gender] (Swedish), yumurta zamanlayıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-egg_timer-en-noun-IQTmm4s~ Disambiguation of Time: 50 42 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 60 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 53 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 63 23 Disambiguation of 'timer with an alarm': 12 82 6
  3. (computing) An hourglass mouse pointer. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-egg_timer-en-noun-GjsQLKWU Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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