timers

3 definitions • 2 examples

a device that makes a sound when a particular number of minutes, hours, etc. have gone past:

He set the timer on the oven to/for 20 minutes (= to record when 20 minutes had gone past).

a device on a machine that causes the machine to start or stop working at a particular point in the day

a device that starts or stops something at a set time or that makes a sound after a particular amount of time has passed:

He set the timer on the VCR to start recording at 11:30.