Usually means: Curved glass used in laboratories.
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  1. watch glass: Merriam-Webster
  2. watch glass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. watch glass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. watch-glass, watch-glass: Collins English Dictionary
  5. watch glass: Vocabulary.com
  6. watch-glass, watch glass: Wordnik
  7. watch glass: Wiktionary
  8. watch glass: Dictionary.com
  9. Watch glass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. watch glass: Rhymezone
  11. watch-glass: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. watch glass: FreeDictionary.org
  13. watch glass: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. watch-glass, watch glass: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. watch glass: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (watch glass)

noun:  (chemistry) An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of glass. It is a general utility item, used to hold small samples, to evaporate liquids, to cover a beaker, and so on.
noun:  The glass covering of the face of a watch.
noun:  A sandglass, hourglass.

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