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timer

 noun
     
timer
Related topics: Cooking, Chronology
tim‧er [countable]
1TMCDFC an instrument that you use to measure time, when you are doing something such as cooking:
Set the timer on the cooker for three minutes.
2

part-timer/full-timer

BEC someone who works part or all of a normal working week
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