egg timer

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egg timer

noun egg timers

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

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noun timer with an alarm

Français	sablier, minuteur
Deutsch	Eieruhr
Română	marcator de timp, timpizor, ceas de bucătărie

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@misc{egg_timer_2026,
  title = {egg timer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/egg%20timer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}