adj
Meaning 1
Driven by clockwork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
clockwork
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈklɑkwɝk/
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UK: /ˈklɒkwɜːk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Very smooth and regular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 5
any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mechanism
History
Etymology
From clock + -work.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: часовников механизъм (časovnikov mehanizǎm) — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Chinese Mandarin: 发条装置 — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Chinese Mandarin: 钟表机构 — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Dutch: uurwerk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Finnish: kellokoneisto — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Finnish: jousikoneisto — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- German: Federwerk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- German: Uhrwerk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Icelandic: klukkuverk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Icelandic: úrverk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Icelandic: gangverk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Irish: oibriú cloig — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Italian: orologeria — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Italian: meccanismo a molla — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Japanese: からくり (karakuri) — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Japanese: ぜんまい仕掛け (zenmaijikake) — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Norwegian: urverk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Polish: zegarowy mechanizm sprężynowy — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Portuguese: corda — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Spanish: cuerda — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Spanish: mecanismo — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Spanish: mecanismo de relojería — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Spanish: engranaje — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Spanish: mecanismo relojero — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Spanish: fornitura — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
- Swedish: urverk — mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device
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