hourglasses
hourglasses is the plural of hourglass.
hourglasses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hourglass.
Meaning of hourglass
Noun
hourglass (plural hourglasses)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- sandglass, sand timer, watch glass
- 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
Questions about hourglasses
- What is hourglasses the plural of?
- Hourglasses is the plural of hourglass.
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