egg timer
nounDefinition of egg timer
: a small sandglass for timing the boiling of eggs
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When the egg timer goes off, immediately drain the eggs and transfer them to the ice water. 2 When the eggs are cool enough to handle, peel and cut in half. — Genevieve Ko, latimes.com, "Jammy egg salad — a moist, more intensely eggy variation on the classic," 18 June 2019 When pressed for details, the same group will provide an injury prognosis in the terms of minutes and hours, as if recoveries can be measured with an egg timer. — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, "It's time for college football, NCAA to embrace injury reports with gambling influence rising," 3 July 2018 The interview subjects in the film—family, friends, and colleagues—recall how Rogers once filmed an egg timer just to teach the children watching how long a minute was. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'egg timer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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