STOP WATCH

Definition: STOP WATCH

STOP WATCH

1. A watch the hands of which can be stopped in order to tell exactly the time that has passed, as in timing a race. See Independent seconds watch , under Independent , a. Syn: Cessation; check; obstruction; obstacle; hindrance; impediment; interruption.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Industry

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: STOP WATCH

This farmer uses a stop watch to calibrate his sprayer prior to applying herbicide. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Danish

stopur (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer), tidsangiver (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer), kronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, chronoscope, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer), chronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Dutch

stopwatch (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer), uurwerk (clock, watch), timer (chronometer, chronometer watch, chronoscope, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer), tijdmeter (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timekeeper, timer), kronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer), chronometer (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Finnish

sekuntikello (stop-watch). (various references)

French

montre-stop (stopwatch, stop-watch), chronoscope (stopwatch, stop-watch), chronomètre (stopwatch). (various references)

German

Stoppuhr (stopwatch). (various references)

Greek 

ρολόι (clock, watch), χρονόμετρο αγώνων, χρονόμετρο (chronometer, clock). (various references)

Hebrew 

שעון עצר (timer), סטופר. (various references)

Hungarian

stopper (stopper, stopwatch, timer). (various references)

Italian

cronometro (chronometer, timekeeper, timer), contatempo (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'時計 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

びょうどけい. (various references)

Pig Latin

opstay atchway

Portuguese

cronómetro (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Romanian

cronometru (chronometer, timekeeper). (various references)

Spanish

cronómetro (chronometer, timekeeper). (various references)

Swedish

stoppur (stopwatch), tidtagarur (chronometer, chronometer watch, stopwatch, stop-watch, timer). (various references)

Turkish

kronometre (chronometer, clock, split-second watch, timekeeper, timepiece, timer). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: stopwatch.

-1 letter: towpaths.

-2 letters: cowpats, towpath.

-3 letters: cahows, chotts, coapts, cottas, cowpat, pathos, potash, swatch.

-4 letters: ascot, cahow, caphs, capos, chaos, chaps, chapt, chats, chaws, chops, chott, chows, coapt, coast, coats, costa, cotta, hosta, oaths, opahs, pacts, patch, paths, phots, poach, pshaw, scatt, schwa, shoat, shott, staph, stoat, stopt, stowp, swath, tachs, tacos, tacts, thaws, toast.

+2 letters: stopwatches.