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Definition: Water Clock |
Water ClockNoun1. Clock that measures time by the escape of water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Water ClockSynonyms: clepsydra (n), water glass (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instantaneity | Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Water Clock |
| English words defined with "water clock": Hydroscope. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
water clock | 38 |
make a water clock | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "water clock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | κλεψύδρα (hourglass, hour-glass). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 漏刻 , 水時計 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ろう"く, みずどけい. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aterway ockclay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Oenanthe aquatica Poir., Oenanthe phellandrium Lam., Rallus aquaticus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-k-l-o-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: acrolect, lacework. | |
-3 letters: cackler, clacker, clocker, coracle, crackle, crocket, earlock, locater, tackler, warlock. | |
-4 letters: cackle, calker, carcel, cartel, claret, clawer, coaler, coater, cocker, cockle, colter, lacker, lector, locate, locker, locket, oracle, racket, rackle, recoal, recock, rectal, relock, retack, rocket, tacker, tackle, talker, trowel, walker. | |
-5 letters: acock, actor, alert, alter, artel, awoke, caret, carle, carol. | |
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