In essence, fire is networked to a clock.a travel/travelling clock (=a small one for taking on journeys ) a cuckoo clock (=a clock with a wooden bird inside that comes out every hour and makes a sound ) a church clock (=one on the outside of a church tower ) a carriage clock British English (=a clock inside a glass case with a handle on top ) COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘ the clock shows five o’clock’. a grandfather clock (=an old-style tall clock that stands on the floor ) Where did you get that beautiful grandfather clock? a digital clock (=that shows the time as numbers that keep changing ) A digital clock at the finish line shows runners their times. a wall clock (=that hangs on a wall ) A loud ticking came from the wall clock. an alarm clock (=that makes a noise to wake you up ) He forgot to set his alarm clock. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + clock the kitchen/sitting-room etc clock Harry glanced at the kitchen clock and saw that he was late. the face of a clock/the clock face (=the front part that you look at ) I couldn’t see the clock face from where I was sitting. phrases the hands of/on a clock (=the long thin pieces that point at the numbers ) The hands on the clock said ten past two. wind (up) a clock (=turn a key to keep it working ) It was one of those old clocks that you have to wind up. an alarm clock goes off (=rings at a particular time ) What time do you want the alarm clock to go off tomorrow? set a clock (=make it say the right time ) Don’t forget to set your clocks to summer time. a clock stops (=stops working ) My clock had stopped at 6 am so the alarm didn’t work. a clock is fast/slow (=shows a later or earlier time than the real time ) There’s no need to hurry – that clock’s fast. a clock ticks (=makes regular quiet sounds that show it is working ) There was no sound in the room apart from a clock ticking. a clock strikes eight/nine etc (=makes eight/nine etc sounds according to the hour ) In the distance I heard a church clock strike eleven. the clock says eight/nine etc (=shows a particular time ) The clock said five so I went back to sleep. by the hall/kitchen/church etc clock (=according to a particular clock ) What time is it by the kitchen clock? → watch the clock 2 → around the clock 3 → put/turn the clock back 4 → put the clock(s) back/forward 5 → the clocks go back/forward 6 → against the clock 7 → twenty-four hour clock 8 → start/stop the clock 9 → the clock is ticking 10 → the clock 11 → run out the clock/kill the clock → biological clock, body clock, dandelion clock, time clock COLLOCATIONS verbs look/glance at the clock She looked at the clock. The station clock was ten minutes slow (=showed a time ten minutes earlier than the real time ). S2 W3 noun 1 TMC an instrument that shows what time it is, in a room or outside on a building I heard the clock strike six (=make six loud sounds ).From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Chronology ldoce_048_d clock clock 1 / klɒk $ klɑːk /
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