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hour-glass

hour-glass is the alternative form of hourglass.

Meaning of hourglass

Noun

hourglass (plural hourglasses)

  1. A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
    • After each game turn, invert the hourglass to reset the time limit for the next player.
  2. A cursor, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating that the computer is busy.
    • When I right click the desktop display to check Display Properties, it hangs and shows me only the hourglass instead of the display menu.2002, Maximum PC (Winter 2002, page 16)
    Synonyms:
    egg timer

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Forms of hour-glass

pluralhour-glasses

Phrases with hour-glass

Questions about hour-glass

What is hour-glass the alternative form of?
Hour-glass is the alternative form of hourglass.

Words near hour-glass in the dictionary

  1. hour hand
  2. hour hands
  3. hour of cause
  4. hour of glory
  5. hour of need
  6. hour-glass
  7. hour-glass figure
  8. hour-glasses
  9. hour-long
  10. hourage
  11. hourages

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