Meaning

3 senses
  1. A small version of an hourglass used to time the boiling of an egg.

    a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs

  2. (broadly)A timer that can be set to sound an alarm after a certain amount of time; a kitchen timer.

    Eieruhr

  3. An hourglass mouse pointer.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I need to buy an egg timer.

    deIch muss eine Eieruhr kaufen.

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  2. Tom wanted to buy an egg timer.

    deTom wollte sich eine Eieruhr kaufen.

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  3. Whenever I cook spaghetti noodles, I set an egg timer.

    ruКогда я готовлю спагетти, я пользуюсь таймером для варки яиц.

    deIch stelle mir immer eine Eieruhr, wenn ich Spaghetti koche.

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  4. I think I'll give Tom an egg timer.

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  5. Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her egg timer.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
timer with an alarm:

Forms

plural: egg timers
Singularegg timer
Pluralegg timers

regular

See also

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