Usually means: Tall, freestanding clock with pendulum.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word grandfather clock:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. grandfather clock: Merriam-Webster
  2. grandfather clock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grandfather clock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. grandfather clock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. grandfather clock: Vocabulary.com
  6. grandfather clock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. grandfather clock: Wiktionary
  8. grandfather clock: Dictionary.com
  9. Grandfather clock (disambiguation), Grandfather clock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. grandfather clock: Rhymezone
  11. grandfather clock: FreeDictionary.org
  12. grandfather clock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. grandfather clock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. grandfather clock: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grandfather clock: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Grandfather-Clock, grandfather clock: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grandfather clock)

▸ noun:  A longcase clock.

Similar:
longcase clock, clock, Klock, Klocke, Grandstaff, Grandgent, waldhorn, Longest, granda, forlong, more...

Opposite:
grandmother clock, wall clock, mantle clock

Phrases:
top number on a grandfather clock, three on a grandfather clock, grandfather clock sound, more...

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Similar:
longcase clock, clock, Klock, Klocke, Grandstaff, Grandgent, waldhorn, Longest, granda, forlong, more...

Opposite:
grandmother clock, wall clock, mantle clock

Phrases:
top number on a grandfather clock, three on a grandfather clock, grandfather clock sound, more...



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