: a device (such as a clock or watch) to measure or show progress of time
especially
: one that does not chime
Examples of timepiece in a Sentence
the only timepiece she used at the cabin was a garden sundial
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Among the timepieces soon to be up for sale is a one-of-a-kind timepiece Coppola designed alongside renowned watchmaker François-Paul Journe.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
The timepieces of the evening deserve to be honored, too.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Articulated in four chapters spread throughout some 25,000 square feet across the museum’s main building and annex, there are 250 pieces of jewelry, timepieces and precious objects drawn from the jeweler’s patrimonial collection and private ones, and 60 items from its archives.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
There are rooms dedicated to jewelry and timepieces made with white diamonds, and others that show the era’s gradual embrace of precious and semi-precious stones increasing in size (including a statement necklace of diamonds and 165 carats of emeralds, a clip of jasper and onyx).
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
The timepieces of the evening deserve to be honored, too.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Articulated in four chapters spread throughout some 25,000 square feet across the museum’s main building and annex, there are 250 pieces of jewelry, timepieces and precious objects drawn from the jeweler’s patrimonial collection and private ones, and 60 items from its archives.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
There are rooms dedicated to jewelry and timepieces made with white diamonds, and others that show the era’s gradual embrace of precious and semi-precious stones increasing in size (including a statement necklace of diamonds and 165 carats of emeralds, a clip of jasper and onyx).
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for timepiece
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“Timepiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timepiece. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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timepiece
noun
time·piece
ˈtīm-ˌpēs 
: a device (as a clock or watch) to measure time
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