Plural of hourglass
regular plural
The plural of hourglass is hourglasses.
Forms of hourglass
| Singular | hourglass /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hourglasses |
| Countable | countable |
Hourglasses in a sentence
- Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana. From the entry bambino
Meaning of hourglass
- noun A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
- noun A cursor, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating that the computer is busy.
- verb To display the cursor as an hourglass indicating that the computer is busy or processing.
Questions about the plural of hourglass
- What is the plural of hourglass?
- The plural of hourglass is hourglasses.
- Is hourglass countable?
- Hourglass is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hourglass (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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