egg timers
Sand-filled kitchen clocks
Egg timers are small timing devices, traditionally hourglasses filled with sand, used to measure the minutes needed to boil an egg to desired doneness.
The term now covers any kitchen timer, digital or mechanical: Set the egg timer for fifteen minutes.
Figuratively, an egg timer suggests a brief, measured interval.
Gravity-powered sand timer
- sandglassGrain-based timing device
- kitchen gadgetSmall cooking aid
- soft-boiledBriefly cooked, yolk liquid
- hard-boiledCooked until solid
boiling · poaching · mechanical · digital · count-down · kitchenware · precision · doneness
Grain-based timing device
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- vintageQuality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
analog · decorative · collectible · antique · novelty · ceramic · classic · traditional
Backward enumeration to zero
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- tickingRhythmic mechanical sound
- running outApproaching total depletion
- urgencyPressing need for action
biological clock · pressure · fleeting · finite · anxiety · reminder · passing · transience
hourglass
Gravity-powered sand timer
- sandglassGrain-based timing device
- kitchen gadgetSmall cooking aid
- soft-boiledBriefly cooked, yolk liquid
hard-boiled · boiling · poaching · mechanical · digital · count-down · kitchenware · precision · doneness · stovetop
sandglass
Grain-based timing device
old-fashioned · analog · decorative · collectible · antique · novelty · ceramic · classic · traditional · quaint
countdown
Backward enumeration to zero
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- tickingRhythmic mechanical sound
- running outApproaching total depletion
urgency · biological clock · pressure · fleeting · finite · anxiety · reminder · passing · transience · hourglass figure
- kitchen collectiblescookie jars, Pyrex, kitchenware, canisters, salt shakers
- knickknackstchotchkes, trinkets, curios, bric-a-brac, gewgaws