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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small hourglass used for timing the boiling of eggs.
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- noun A small version of an
hourglass used to time theboiling of anegg . - noun by extension A
timer that can be set to sound analarm after a certain amount of time; akitchen timer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs
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