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Definition of Alarm clock
1. Noun. A clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time.
Definition of Alarm clock
1. Noun. A clock with an alarm that can be set to sound at a determined time. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alarm Clock
Literary usage of Alarm clock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contemporary One-act Plays of 1921. (American) by Frank Shay (1922)
"A clock is the soulless— (The alarm clock enters a protest. Smothered sound of
the alarm clock going ojf underground. Eloise screams. ..."
2. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1905)
"TO CONVERT AN alarm clock INTO AN ELECTRIC ALARM. An ordinary alarm clock may be
converted into a very satisfactory and efficient electric alarm by the ..."