Sand timer

hour·glass (our

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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]

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

hourglass - a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes

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

Translations

hourglass [ˈaʊəglɑːs] N → reloj m de arena

hourglass hour glass [ˈaʊə^rglɑːs ˈaʊə^rglæs] n → sablier m
hourglass figure n
to have an hourglass figure → avoir des formes fpl généreuses
hour hand n → petite aiguille f

hourglass [ˈaʊəˌglɑːs] n → clessidra

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black widow
brown recluse spider
Butterflies
butterfly
copperhead
dulcimer
egg timer
fagoting
Father Time
genus Latrodectus
hour
hourglass-shaped
invert
inverted
Invertible
Latrodectus
Latrodectus mactans
Sand
Sanded

Shapely Secrets retails for about $20 and comes with 2 videos, Greer Childers' motivational audio CDs, a sand timer, measuring tape, pendant necklace, and designer makeup bag, along with the instructional guide on how to do the program.

Shape up with Shapely Secrets by Nancy Martin / Hobbies community

A perfect customer''s gift with classic sensibilities, this lovely Personalized Hourglass Sand Timer is a stunning thank you gifts to your business patrons.

Thanking Your Loyal Customers by Means of Gift-Giving by Janet R. / Business community

Sometimes he looks back and thinks some things he did may be dumb, like the title of his favorite piece, Hour Glass Sand Timer, which he called "just a stupid, normal name.

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: ARTISTS AT WORK; ONE DAY, HE'LL PUT TIME IN A ... by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

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