English Explanatory Dictionary

upsetting thermometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thermometer used by turning it upside-down. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.

Word forms

upsetting thermometer upsetting thermometers
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