egg timer

egg timer

n.

A small hourglass running three to five minutes, used for timing the boiling of eggs.

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egg timer

n

(Cookery) a device, typically a miniature hourglass, for timing the boiling of an egg

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Noun

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egg timer - a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs sandglass - timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage