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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Examples of extra light might include the glow of a face-up smartphone, radiance from a digital alarm clock or light pollution from outside.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
The company has already shared videos showing its latest smartphone used as a bedside alarm clock and a gaming device.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 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

In his view, society’s obsession with calibrating units of time had begun in 1955 with the invention of the atomic clock.

— David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
This is where an atomic clock, such as one built by Aquark Technologies, is required.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 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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