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hours-long

hours-long adjective: lasting multiple hours.

Adjective

hours-long (not comparable)

  1. Lasting multiple hours

Forms of hours-long

alternative formhourslong

Origin of hours-long

From hours + -long.

Questions about hours-long

What does hours-long mean?
Hours-long means lasting multiple hours.
What part of speech is hours-long?
Hours-long is an adjective.

Words near hours-long in the dictionary

  1. hourplate
  2. hourplates
  3. hours
  4. hours of glory
  5. hours of need
  6. hours-long
  7. hoursful
  8. hourslong
  9. hoursworth
  10. hourwise
  11. Hous.

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