/klɒk/
Translation
A thing on a wall or table that shows you the time.
Word origin
From Middle Dutch clocke, meaning a bell, because early clocks rang to mark the time.
- Origin
- Middle Dutch
- Root
- clocke
Grammar
Examples
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A "clock" shows you the time.
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"Clocks" is the plural, meaning more than one clock.
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We check a "clock" to know the time.
A clock is a thing that shows you the time. It hangs on a wall or sits on a table, and it has numbers and hands, or a screen. People look at a clock to know the time. One is a clock, and more than one are clocks.
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