egg timer

noun

: a small sandglass for timing the boiling of eggs

Examples of egg timer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Remember using egg timers with a 1/4-inch screw slapped on top for pan-lapses? —New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025

Antarctica is nature’s egg timer, poised to tell us when we’re fully cooked. —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023

The design resembles a kitchen egg timer with a power button on the front and a ring of dedicated buttons for each sound surrounding the top speaker. —Mike Richard, Men's Health, 24 Jan. 2023

An egg timer or stopwatch can be a valuable addition to your workspace. —Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021

Duritsa sets an egg timer for 20 minutes to research content suitable for sharing. —Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021

Made from food-safe poly resin, the egg timer changes color to show you how well done your food will be. —Chris Hachey, BGR, 11 June 2021

After receiving the vaccine, a patient is given an egg timer set for 15 minutes and is told to wait until the time is up before leaving the center. —Laura Bednar, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2021

Schranck, 33, played Mario as a kid in Missouri so much that his mom set an egg timer to limit his gameplay in the mornings before school. —Anne McCarthy, Wired, 21 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for egg timer

• alzheimer
• climber
• dimer
• eimer
• primer
• rhymer
• heterodimer