About The Word Hourglass
Learn about the word Hourglass to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Hourglass definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Hourglass
| Hourglass Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Hourglass?
[n] a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hourglass: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hourglass: abbreviation | astriction | astringency | bottleneck | cervix | circumscription | coarctation | compactedness | compaction | compression | compressure | concentration | condensation | consolidation | constriction | constringency | contraction | contracture | curtailment | decrease | diminuendo | hourglass figure | isthmus | knitting | narrow place | narrowing | neck | puckering | pursing | reduction | shortening | solidification | stranglement | strangulation | striction | stricture | systole | wasp waist | wrinkling See Also | sandglass Hourglass In Webster's Dictionary \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 small
aperture unto the lower.
Note: A similar instrument measuring any other interval of
time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a
{half-hour glass}, a {half-minute glass}. A
{three-minute glass} is sometimes called an egg-glass,
from being used to time the boiling of eggs.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
- Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
- Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
- Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
- Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
- Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
- Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
- Apatura ‐ large Old World…
- Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
- Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…