alarum clock

A form of alarm clock — A clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep.

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Meanings

nounalarum clock (plural alarum clocks)

plural alarum clocks

  1. archaicArchaic form of alarm clock.

    Why, our good friend Larch wears an old family watch that has a voice like an alarum clock to my ears.

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London
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APA

alarum clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarum%20clock

MLA

“alarum clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarum%20clock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alarum clock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarum%20clock.

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