Usually means: Time-measuring device using water flow.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. water clock: Merriam-Webster
  2. water clock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. water clock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. water clock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. water clock: Vocabulary.com
  6. water-clock, water clock: Wordnik
  7. water clock: Wiktionary
  8. water clock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. water clock: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. water clock: Dictionary.com
  11. Water Clock, Water-clock, Water clock (Indianapolis), Water clock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Water clock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. water clock: Rhymezone
  14. Water clock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. water-clock: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. water clock: FreeDictionary.org
  17. water clock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. water clock: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Water-clock, water clock: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See water_clocks as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (water clock)

noun:  (chiefly historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.

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