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Clock
/klɒk/
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- noun
An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.
- noun
The odometer of a motor vehicle.
“This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock.”
- noun
An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.
Where it comes from
Clock comes from medieval Latin clocca, a bell, by way of Middle Dutch clocke. The first clocks told the hour by ringing, so the name of the bell became the name of the machine. English already used clock for a bell before it had clockwork.
In a sentence
- This clock is right.by Miktsoanit, Tatoeba
- This is a clock.by DJ_Saidez, Tatoeba
- The clock struck twelve.by timur_seber, Tatoeba
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