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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

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
  2. hour change
  3. hour changes
  4. hour circle
  5. hour circles
  6. hour glass
  7. hour glasses
  8. hour hand
  9. hour hands
  10. hour of cause
  11. hour of glory

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