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time-watches

time-watches is the plural of time-watch.

Meaning of time-watch

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

Questions about time-watches

What is time-watches the plural of?
Time-watches is the plural of time-watch.

Words near time-watches in the dictionary

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

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