Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An instrument, such as a clock or watch, that measures, registers, or records time.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Any machine or apparatus by which the progress of time is recorded, as a clepsydra or a time-candle; in ordinary use, a watch or clock.
Wiktionary
- n. Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
Etymologies
- time + piece (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Ridley could easily have eliminated 15 minutes of dopey metaphors, including allusions to the title timepiece and lots of taxidermy analogies.”
“This timepiece is for pilots and those who love the beautiful sports watches made by Wenger, the makers of the famous Swiss Army knife.”
“The story had a nice easy pace – almost a timepiece from the 1940′s in its style.”
“The big timepiece is believed the largest without hands ever built.”
“Every Gevril timepiece is made with unmistakable quality.”
“The entrepreneur's first product collaboration outside of his Virgin empire—a titanium and sapphire crystal timepiece, which is fastened to a black alligator band, in a run of 500—echoes his passion for travel and adventure.”
“The Independent reports that the timepiece is a "specially designed lightweight watch, only 50 of which will go on sale.”
The Huffington Post: Rafael Nadal Watch: $525,000 Timepiece At French Open (PHOTOS)
“The timepiece, which is the only watch chosen and certified by N.A.S.A. for all manned space missions (even today), was given to Aldrin around the time he was selected to be on the backup crew for Gemini 9.”
“The timepiece was a gift from the Marechal de Saxe, and the china ornaments on the mantelpiece came from the Marechal de Richelieu.”
“The Vacheron Constantin is known as the timepiece that CEOs wear.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘timepiece’.
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Curiosities
A Potpourri
progeny, ooh, meow, endearing, timepiece, touch of the crea..., meh, alarmist, taut, calligraphic, catchphrase, shinto and 6 more...
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Words that make you sound old.
Just a fun list of words I am building that make you sound old.
icebox, bread box, touch tone phone, tit for tat, five and dime, groovy, channel changer, film, cassette player, VCR, record, dial tone and 7 more...
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#1
Words I Like
abide, sashay, microbial, scented, nature, amorphous, unknown, imagine, photogenic, soft, silken, history and 188 more...
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oldecat's Words
noncommutative, morphodynamics, ferrywoman, circumcircle, acceleration, inactivity, biodiesel, corrosion, quadrilogy, imprimitivity, normalizer, teleosemantics and 240 more...
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Having: C; m; e
Goodies pulled from a list I've compiled of most-every word having these letters in common — It's going take to take a long, long time to actually get through (and I may want to extend it lat...
chamber, chimney, compesce, imperch, ipom�ic, lambency, premier cru, recumbence, simnelcake, succumbence, umbeschew, almacle and 631 more...
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Tick Tock Ya Don't Stop
Kinds of clocks.
sundial, hourglass, gnomon, water clock, tally stick, clepsydra, pendulum clock, grandfather clock, longcase clock, chamber clock, cuckoo clock, clock tower and 34 more...
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