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hoursworth

hoursworth noun: the amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one hour.

Noun

hoursworth

  1. The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one hour.
    • This opportunity I snatched at eagerly, there being nothing else on in Finland at the time apart from a hotel video of The Lavender Hill Mob apparently dubbed by tree frogs with no adenoids, and was thus Saabed across several hoursworth of englaciated ruts to a vast gelid tract, equidistant from...1984, Alan Coren, Bumf, Robson Books Limited
    • Sir, Despite the increased cost, we do like to flesh out our feature film programmes to give our patrons a full two hoursworth.1987, Film

Origin of hoursworth

From hour + -s- + -worth.

Questions about hoursworth

What does hoursworth mean?
Hoursworth means the amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one hour.
What part of speech is hoursworth?
Hoursworth is a noun.

Words near hoursworth in the dictionary

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

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