Definition of "egg-timer" []

• A sand-glass used for determining the time in boiling eggs. (noun)
• An apparatus for the automatic cooking of eggs. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Try the Pomodoro Technique, which takes its name from a tomato-shaped egg-timer."
• "It reminds me of first arriving here and moving into a furnished apartment where my husband and I were thrilled to discover a truly Gallic kitchen: no kettle, no egg-timer, but instead a stove-top espresso pot, a tagine dish and—the height of sophistication—a wine thermometer."
• "I'd always seen life as an egg-timer sitting precariously on the edge of a table — time slips away or it falls and everything smashes."