The public transportation system runs like clockwork.
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Clockwork
//ˈklɑkwɝk//
Synonyms for "clockwork"
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25 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- часовников механизъм noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 发条装置 noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- 钟表机构 noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Dutch
1 entries- uurwerk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
French
1 entries- rouage noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
German
2 entries- Federwerk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- Uhrwerk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Icelandic
3 entries- gangverk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- klukkuverk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- úrverk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Irish
1 entries- oibriú cloig noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Italian
2 entries- meccanismo a molla noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- orologeria noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Japanese
2 entries- からくり noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- ぜんまい仕掛け noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Norwegian
1 entries- urverk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Polish
1 entries- zegarowy mechanizm sprężynowy noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Portuguese
1 entries- corda noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Spanish
4 entries- cuerda noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- engranaje noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- fornitura noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
- mecanismo noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Swedish
1 entries- urverk noun (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He devised a complicated clockwork toy.
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Everything's running like clockwork.
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The universe confuses me and I cannot imagine how this clockwork can exist without a clockmaker.
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