Usage of "sand timer"

A device that measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time thanks to sand flowing through a narrow passage from one vessel to another.

Synonyms

Examples for "hourglass"

Examples for "hourglass"

He revolutionized the skiing industry when he started to use hourglass-shaped skis. 
 Reuters 

Then he nudged my sister and said, Look at that hourglass figure. 
 My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands 

At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. 
 McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader 

He could almost hear the sound of sand whisking through the hourglass. 
 Sins of the Fathers 

Armed people poured through the opening like sand falling through an hourglass. 
 Abaddon's Gate 

It is hollow and sandglass-shaped, with only two strings remaining. 
 Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel 

In fact he was timing the eclipse with his sandglass, re-emerging at the appropriate juncture. 
 The Guardian 

There were sandglass clocks. 
 Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ... 

It was called The Sandglass in English. 
 The Guardian 

"Judging from the sounds half a sandglass ago, he was healthy enough." 
 Burning up 

Usage of sand timer in English

It will also ship with a sand timer. 
 Wired 

You can use the sand timer instead of the CD, but it's harder to keep an eye on that while you're racing around the temple. 
 Wired 

You've got sand timers which limit your actions, and one main timer which indicates how often the ship takes damage. 
 Wired 

The key mechanic of the game is in the sand timers which tell you when you can take an action. 
 Wired 

Meanings of sand timer in English