English Explanatory Dictionary

analogue watch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A watch (wristwatch or pocket watch) whose watch face displays time by means of a dial and hands (a traditional clock face).

Word forms

analogue watch analogue watches

Etymology

By adjectival collocation, forming a retronym for watch, coined after the invention of the digital watch to refer specifically to the type of watch existing before then.

Related words

analog watch
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