Pocket Watch (Noun)
Meaning
A watch that is carried in a small watch pocket.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- He carefully wound his grandfather's antique pocket watch before placing it in his waistcoat pocket.
- The gentleman's pocket watch was engraved with his initials and a family crest.
- She discovered an old pocket watch hidden away in her great-aunt's dresser drawer.
- His great-grandfather had given him the intricately carved pocket watch on his 18th birthday.
- The pocket watch had been passed down through generations of the family as a treasured heirloom.