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eggtimer

eggtimer is the alternative spelling of egg timer.

Meaning of egg timer

Noun

egg timer (plural egg timers)

  1. A small version of an hourglass used to time the boiling of an egg.
  2. (broadly) A timer that can be set to sound an alarm after a certain amount of time; a kitchen timer.
  3. An hourglass mouse pointer.

Forms of eggtimer

pluraleggtimers

Origin of eggtimer

From egg + timer.

Questions about eggtimer

What is eggtimer the alternative spelling of?
Eggtimer is the alternative spelling of egg timer.

Words near eggtimer in the dictionary

  1. eggstravaganzas
  2. eggstring
  3. eggstrings
  4. eggtart
  5. eggtastic
  6. eggtimer
  7. eggtimers
  8. eggtray
  9. eggtrays
  10. eggwash
  11. eggwashes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eggtimer (page history and authors); egg timer (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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