wristwatch

noun (wristwatch, wristwatches)

«wristwatch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A small clock you wear on a strap or band around your wrist. tree →

In the lessons

In maths lessons, children read the time on a wristwatch, in analogue (with hands) or digital (with numbers). In history, wristwatches became common about a hundred years ago; before that people carried pocket watches. Today smartwatches are a kind of wristwatch.

Examples

Grandpa gave me his old wristwatch. tree →
Check your wristwatch to see if it's playtime. tree →
My wristwatch has hands and numbers. tree →
A digital wristwatch shows the time as numbers. tree →
She wears her wristwatch on her left wrist. tree →
Soldiers used wristwatches in the First World War. tree →

Note

One word. Plural adds -es: wristwatches. Usually people just say «watch». The «w» in «wrist» is silent: «rist».

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «wristwatch» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«wristwatch» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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