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clock hour

clock hour noun: a full sixty-minute period (as opposed to a scheduled length of time that is called an "hour" but not equivalent to sixty minutes, such as a student hour).

Noun

clock hour (plural clock hours)

  1. A full sixty-minute period (as opposed to a scheduled length of time that is called an "hour" but not equivalent to sixty minutes, such as a student hour).

Forms of clock hour

pluralclock hours

Questions about clock hour

What does clock hour mean?
Clock hour means a full sixty-minute period (as opposed to a scheduled length of time that is called an "hour" but not equivalent to sixty minutes, such as a student hour).
What part of speech is clock hour?
Clock hour is a noun.
What is the plural of clock hour?
The plural of clock hour is clock hours.

Words near clock hour in the dictionary

  1. clock gable
  2. clock gables
  3. clock generator
  4. clock generators
  5. clock golf
  6. clock hour
  7. clock hours
  8. clock in
  9. clock is running
  10. clock is ticking
  11. clock it

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