Kilo Lingo

clock

/klɒk/

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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

Gender
Pluralclocks

Examples

wall nine.

A "clock" shows you the time.

kitchen.

"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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This word is part of lesson 8.