- hourglass
- noun an invertible device with two connected glass bulbs containing sand that takes an hour to pass from the upper to the lower bulb.
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hourglass — ► NOUN ▪ a device with two connected glass bulbs containing sand that takes an hour to fall from the upper to the lower bulb. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ shaped like an hourglass … English terms dictionary
Hourglass — Hour glass , n. An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hourglass — (sorti le 23 octobre 2007 sous le label Virgin/Mute) est le second album solo de Dave Gahan, le chanteur de Depeche Mode. Liste des titres Saw Something Kingdom Deeper And Deeper 21 Days Miracles Use You Insoluble Endless A Little Lie Down … Wikipédia en Français
hourglass — [our′glas΄] n. an instrument for measuring time by the trickling of sand, mercury, water, etc. through a small opening from one glass bulb to another below it, in a fixed period of time, esp. one hour … English World dictionary
Hourglass — For other uses, see Hourglass (disambiguation). Hourglass in a three legged stand An hourglass (sandglass, sand timer, sand clock, egg timer) measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time. It has two connected vertical glass bulbs… … Wikipedia
hourglass — hour|glass [ˈauəgla:s US ˈaurglæs] n ↑hourglass, ↑sand 1.) a glass container for measuring time in which sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour →↑egg timer 2.) hourglass figure a woman who has an hourglass figure… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hourglass — UK [ˈaʊə(r)ˌɡlɑːs] / US [ˈaʊrˌɡlæs] noun [countable] Word forms hourglass : singular hourglass plural hourglasses a) a glass container that uses sand to measure one hour b) computing a symbol used in computer programs to show that the program is… … English dictionary
