hourglass

hour·glass

 (our′glăs′)

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.

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hourglass

(ˈaʊəˌɡlɑːs)

n

1. (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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hour•glass

(ˈaʊ^ərˌglæs, -ˌglɑs, ˈaʊ ər-)

n.

1. an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.

adj.

2. having or indicating the shape of this instrument: a woman with an hourglass figure.

[1505–15]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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Translations

Eieruhr

κλεψύδρα

sablier

clessidra

hourglass

[ˈaʊəglɑːs] N → reloj m de arena

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hourglass

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hourglass

[ˈaʊəˌglɑːs] n → clessidra

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