egg timer

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   a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs

   Broadersandglass

Questions about egg timer

What does egg timer mean?

egg timer means "a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs".

Is egg timer a common word?

egg timer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.