egg timer in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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timer [Am ˈtaɪmər, Brit ˈtʌɪmə] N

egg
huevo m
a fried/boiled egg
un huevo frito/pasado por agua
a fried/boiled egg
un huevo estrellado/pasado por agua Mex
scrambled eggs
huevos revueltos
scrambled eggs
huevos pericos Col
poached eggs
huevos escalfados
poached eggs
huevos pochés RioPl
egg donor
donante f de óvulos
a bad egg lit
un huevo podrido
a bad egg (dishonest person) inf, dated
una mala persona
a good egg inf, dated
un tipo bien inf
he's a good egg
es buena gente LatAm
he's a good egg
es un tipo bien inf
as sure as eggs is or are eggs Brit
como que dos y dos son cuatro
to have egg on one's face
quedar mal
to lay an egg hen/insect:
poner un huevo
to lay an egg (make blunder) inf, dated
meter la pata inf
to put all one's eggs in one basket
jugárselo todo a una carta

egg2 [Am ɛɡ, Brit ɛɡ] VB trans

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egg timer in the PONS Dictionary

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Ashes mixed with fine sand make excellent egg timers.
www.catholicherald.co.uk
Shaped like an egg timer, it fits one person and measures body volume by calculating how much air a person displaces once inside its spherical confines.
www.thestar.com
Sometimes, all we need is a little added motivation, like an egg timer or alarm, to challenge us to remain focused and get to the finish line.
gigaom.com
He uses an egg timer to control his time online.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Conventional sand egg timers are no good when each member of the family likes theirs different.
www.telegraph.co.uk
So take your guessing out of the equation, and buy an egg timer.
www.businessinsider.com.au
Things got interesting when we came across a dead weka with a clockwork egg timer underneath it to give it what sounded like a heartbeat.
www.stuff.co.nz
Throughout my 20s and early 30s, a series of incendiary news reports had taunted me -- invariably accompanied by an image of an egg timer -- warning about my declining fertility.
www.theglobeandmail.com
The three-minute egg timer is for soft-boiled eggs.
en.wikipedia.org
The sugar sediment in them had sunk to the bottom of the bottle, gathering, making it look like a wall of expired egg timers.
www.independent.ie

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