GRANDFATHER CLOCK Synonyms: 17 Similar Words

grandfather clock

noun

Definition of grandfather clock

as in alarm clock

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Recent Examples of grandfather clock In Hawkins, cheerleader Chrissy Cunningham (Grace Van Dien) begins having disturbing visions and starts seeing and hearing a grandfather clock. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 24 Dec. 2025 The Sand Pirates pirate ship silently swung like the pendulum on a grandfather clock. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025 Beyond supernatural encounters, the Beaux-Arts hotel is also a glittering grande dame of the French Quarter, with a revolving carousel bar, pristine marble floors, and a wooden grandfather clock that’s chimed in the lobby since 1909. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025 One of Reid’s creations was a grandfather clock. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grandfather clock

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The ancient Greeks are also credited with giving us the yo-yo, the alarm clock, and the holy water dispenser—like a vending machine of sorts.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
The Restore 3 has been the one to get for years, until Hatch recently released its Sleep Clock—a new take on the popular sunrise alarm clock that actually tracks your sleep quality without a screen or wearable.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of alarm clock

Noun

Humphreys and his colleagues have demonstrated how a mock Starlink service can produce navigation and timing solutions with 10-meter-level accuracy if Starlink supplies the real-time clock and orbit corrections—albeit only after a minutes-long processing delay.

— Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
The show originated at a design museum in Saint-Étienne; Musée des Arts et Métiers has supplemented it with lemons from its permanent collection, such as the ten-hour decimal-time clock, used during the French Revolution.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of time clock

Noun

Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
One desirable characteristic in an atomic clock is a low systematic uncertainty.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of atomic clock

Noun

That ploy doesn’t land at all, especially when Ele unsuccessfully pitches a bizarre Spy-esque idea that something interesting is hidden in the cuckoo clock.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
The place is full of antiques such as old cuckoo clocks, paintings, and books.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026

Definition of cuckoo clock

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