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time-watch

time-watch noun: synonym of time detector.

Noun

time-watch (plural time-watches)

  1. Synonym of time detector.
    • It seems clear—if anything can be clear in a matter so complicated—that carrying out the Federation's idea of abolishing injunctions, would retire the state to a place on the side lines, with nothing to do but hold the time-watch while the combatants fight it out.1915, The Unpartizan Review - Volume 4, page 393
    Synonyms:
    time detector

Synonyms of time-watch

Forms of time-watch

pluraltime-watches

Questions about time-watch

What does time-watch mean?
Time-watch means synonym of time detector.
What part of speech is time-watch?
Time-watch is a noun.
What is the plural of time-watch?
The plural of time-watch is time-watches.

Words near time-watch in the dictionary

  1. time-waste
  2. time-waster
  3. time-wasters
  4. time-wastes
  5. time-wasting
  6. time-watch
  7. time-watches
  8. time-weighted
  9. time-white
  10. time-wise
  11. time-work

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