Australian English Meaning of hourglass

Hourglass

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Definitions and Meaning of hourglass in English

Wordnet

hourglass (n)

a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes

Webster

hourglass (n.)

An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

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Hourglass

a sandglass that runs for sixty minutesAn instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartmen

alarm clock,water clock,sandglass,sundial,time clock,Water clock,Atomic clock,Chronograph,Chronometer,Clock

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hour hand => Hour hand, hour circle => hour circle, hour angle => hour angle, hour => hour, houp => hope,