hour·glass (our gl s )n. An instrument for measuring time, consisting of two glass chambers connected by a narrow neck and containing a quantity of sand, mercury, or another flowing substance that trickles from the upper chamber to the lower in a fixed amount of time, often one hour. adj. Shaped like an hourglass: an hourglass design; an hourglass figure. |
hourglass [ˈaʊəˌglɑːs]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) a device consisting of two transparent chambers linked by a narrow channel, containing a quantity of sand that takes a specified time to trickle to one chamber from the other
2. (modifier) well-proportioned with a small waist an hourglass figure
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| Noun | 1. |  hourglass - a sandglass that runs for sixty minutessandglass - timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage |
Translations
hourglass hour glass [ˈaʊərglɑːs ˈaʊərglæs] n → sablier m
hourglass figure n
to have an hourglass figure → avoir des formes fpl généreuses
hour hand n → petite aiguille f
hourglass figure n
to have an hourglass figure → avoir des formes fpl généreuses
hour hand n → petite aiguille f
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