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HOURGLASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hourglass mean?
• HOURGLASS (noun)
The noun HOURGLASS has 1 sense:
1. a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
Familiarity information: HOURGLASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hourglass" is a kind of...):
sandglass (timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage)
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