Timer
Timer noun - A device to measure time.
Usage example: set the kitchen timer to 30 minutes
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Synonyms for Timer
Watch is a synonym for timer in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Watch" instead a noun "Timer", when it comes to topics like timepiece, timekeeping device.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He uses some pieces of wire to connect the watch to the device's timer and lo and behold, the watch starts working normally and the timer starts counting backwards.
Source: Reverse Polarity -
Subverted for Black Comedy in Fullmetal Alchemist when Kimblee turns the wrist-watch of a soldier into what looks like dynamite with a timer, but it's just a toy.
Source: Incredibly Obvious Bomb -
His training officer then explains that one should never assume the timer on a bomb is accurate and smugly comments that "the bad guys watch movies too."
Source: Time Bomb
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