alarm clock
noun [C] (also alarm)Definition
A2 a clock that you can set to wake you up at a particular time with a loud noise: My alarm clock went off at 7.30. I've set the alarm for 7.30.Watches and clocks
(Definition of alarm clock noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Watches & clocks, but you might be interested in these topics from the Time topic area:
- About to happen
- Always & never
- At the right time
- Coming to an end
- Continually & repeatedly
- Continue & last
- Continuous & permanent
- Days & times of day
- Days, & parts of the week
- Decades, centuries & the millennium
- Describing age & birthdays
- Describing people who are old
- Describing people who are young
- Describing when something happened or will happen
- Early
- Finished & over
- Frequency & regularity - general words
- Immediately
- In the future & soon
- In the past
- Lasting for a long time
- Late
- Long periods of time
- Modern & fashionable
- Names of months
- New
- Now
- Old or old-fashioned
- Pauses & interludes
- Periods of time - general words
- Physically and mentally mature & immature
- Points in time
- Rarely & infrequently
- Relating to regular periods of time
- Relating to time
- Schedules & agendas
- Short in time
- Specific periods of time
- Spending time & time passing
- Stages & phases
- Stages of life
- Temporary
- The seasons
- Turning points & deciding moments
- Until a particular moment
- Years & yearly
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “alarm clock”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- 24-hour clock noun
- against the clock idiom
- analogue adjective (WATCH)
- at/on the stroke of sth idiom
- carriage clock noun
- chronograph noun
- clock verb (TIME)
- clockwork noun
- crystal noun (GLASS)
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- minute hand noun
- movement noun (CLOCK/WATCH)
- pendulum noun
- radio alarm clock noun
- second hand noun
- shockproof adjective
- slow adjective (TIME)
- strike verb (HIT)
- winder noun
- wristwatch noun
Topic:
Watches & clocks
Word of the Day
be under a cloud
to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
