"grandfather clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grandfather clocks [plural]
Etymology: From an 1876 song, Grandfather's Clock, by American songwriter Henry Work, based on a clock in the George Hotel, Yorkshire, England, which stopped keeping time after its owner died. Head templates: {{en-noun}} grandfather clock (plural grandfather clocks)
  1. A longcase clock. Wikipedia link: grandfather clock Categories (topical): Clocks Related terms: grandmother clock, floor clock Translations (pendulum clock): staanhorlosie (Afrikaans), سَاعَة جَدّ (alt: sāʕa(t) jadd) [feminine] (Arabic), ծանրուկավոր ժամացույց (canrukavor žamacʻuycʻ) (Armenian), bornholmerur (english: generic term or from Bornholm) [neuter] (Danish), standur [neuter] (Danish), diernæsklokke (from Diernæs, Funen) [common-gender, rare] (Danish), bornholmaraur [neuter] (Faroese), kaappikello (Finnish), pendule à balancier [feminine] (French), Bodenstanduhr [feminine] (German), Standuhr [feminine] (German), Großvateruhr [feminine] (German), אוֹרְלוֹגִין (orlogín) [masculine] (Hebrew), 괘종시계 (gwaejongsigye) (Korean), jam besar berdiri (Malay), hôlouoge dé grand-péthe [feminine] (Norman), zegar stojący (wahadłowy) [masculine] (Polish), хо́дики (xódiki) [plural] (Russian), gleoc àrd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), reloj de pie [masculine] (Spanish), golvur [neuter] (Swedish), cloc tad-cu [masculine] (Welsh), clociau tad-cu [masculine, plural] (Welsh)

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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "code": "es",
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      "sense": "pendulum clock",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "pendulum clock",
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      "sense": "pendulum clock",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "orlogín",
      "sense": "pendulum clock",
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      "roman": "gwaejongsigye",
      "sense": "pendulum clock",
      "word": "괘종시계"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "pendulum clock",
      "word": "jam besar berdiri"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "pendulum clock",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "pendulum clock",
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