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timepiece

[ tahym-pees ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an apparatus for measuring and recording the progress of time; times; chronometer.
a clock or a watch.

timepiece

/ ˈtaɪmˌpiːs /

any of various devices, such as a clock, watch, or chronometer, which measure and indicate time
a device which indicates the time but does not strike or otherwise audibly mark the hours

First recorded in 1755–65; time + piece

She dashed the timepiece which he had put into her hand with such force on the floor that it flew into a hundred pieces.

The timepiece is an innovation of comparatively recent days.

He drew out a silver timepiece and consulted it with grave deliberation.

In the tower of the castle was a clock, and this clock was a realistic timepiece, whose fingers moved and told the hour.

This done, she looked at the timepiece on the mantelshelf, saw it was one o'clock, and sat down to recover her breath.

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