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alarm clock

alarm clock noun: a clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep.

alarm clock: a clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep
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Noun

alarm clock (plural alarm clocks)

  1. A clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep.
    • "I should suggest an alarum clock," he said briskly. "I always use one myself for fear of oversleeping.[…]"1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery

alarm clock meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

alarm clock in Hindi

type of clock
अलार्म घड़ी alārm ghaṛī, अलार्म क्लॉक alārm klŏk

alarm clock in Tamil

எழுப்பு மணி, எழுப்பு மணிப்பொறி, ஒலிக்கடிகை, விழிப்பதிர்வொலிக் கடிகாரம், விழிப்புக் கடிகை, அலறிமணி

alarm clock in Urdu

type of clock
اَلارَم گَھڑی alāram ghaṛī, اَلارَم کْلاک alāram klāk, جَرَس گَھڑی jaras ghaṛī

alarm clock in Bengali

type of clock
এলার্ম ঘড়ি êlarmghoṛi
More languagesFewer languages
alarm clock in Tagalog
alarma orasan, despertador
alarm clock in Arabic
مُنَبِّه munabbih, سَاعَة مُنَبِّهَة sāʕa munabbiha
alarm clock in Malay
penggera, jam loceng
alarm clock in Indonesian
beker
alarm clock in Thai
นาฬิกาปลุก naa-lí-gaa-bplùk
alarm clock in Vietnamese
đồng hồ reo, đồng hồ báo thức
alarm clock in Myanmar
နှိုးစက်နာရီ hnui:caknari

Forms of alarm clock

pluralalarm clocks
alternative form (archaic)alarum clock

Words formed from alarm clock

Questions about alarm clock

What does alarm clock mean?
Alarm clock means a clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep.
What is alarm clock in Hindi?
Alarm clock in Hindi is अलार्म घड़ी (alārm ghaṛī), अलार्म क्लॉक (alārm klŏk). See Alarm clock meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is alarm clock?
Alarm clock is a noun.
What is the plural of alarm clock?
The plural of alarm clock is alarm clocks.

Words near alarm clock in the dictionary

  1. alarm
  2. alarm bell
  3. alarm bells
  4. alarm call
  5. alarm calls
  6. alarm clock
  7. alarm clock headache
  8. alarm clock headaches
  9. alarm clocks
  10. alarm fatigue
  11. alarm gauge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alarm clock (page history and authors); alarm clock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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