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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul

Meaning of "hourglass" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOURGLASS

hourglass  [ˈaʊəˌɡlɑːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOURGLASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hourglass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOURGLASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hourglass

Hourglass

An hourglass measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time. It has two connected vertical glass bulbs allowing a regulated trickle of material from the top to the bottom. Once the top bulb is empty, it can be inverted to begin timing again. Factors affecting the time measured include the amount of sand, the bulb size, the neck width, and the sand quality. Alternatives to sand are powdered eggshell and powdered marble. In modern times, hourglasses are ornamental, or used when an approximate measure suffices, as in egg timers for cooking or for board games.

Definition of hourglass in the English dictionary

The definition of hourglass in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of hourglass is well-proportioned with a small waist.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOURGLASS


class
klɑːs
cut-glass
ˈkʌtɡlɑːs
eyeglass
ˈaɪˌɡlɑːs
fiberglass
ˈfaɪbəɡlɑːs
fibreglass
ˈfaɪbəˌɡlɑːs
fingerglass
ˈfɪŋɡəˌɡlɑːs
first-class
ˈfɜːstˌklɑːs
galloglass
ˈɡæləʊˌɡlɑːs
gallowglass
ˈɡæləʊˌɡlɑːs
glass
ɡlɑːs
isinglass
ˈaɪzɪŋˌɡlɑːs
looking-glass
ˈlʊkɪŋɡlɑːs
middle-class
ˈmɪdəl klɑːs
Plexiglas
ˈplɛksɪˌɡlɑːs
plexiglass
ˈplɛksɪˌɡlɑːs
sandglass
ˈsændˌɡlɑːs
spyglass
ˈspaɪˌɡlɑːs
sunglass
ˈsʌnˌɡlɑːs
weatherglass
ˈwɛðəˌɡlɑːs
wineglass
ˈwaɪnˌɡlɑːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOURGLASS

hound´s-tooth check
houndfish
hounds
houngan
Hounslow
Houphouet-Boigny
hour
hour angle
hour circle
hour hand
hourglass figure
houri
hourlong
hourly
hourly worker
hourplate
hours
house
house agent
house and home

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOURGLASS

beer glass
cut glass
first class
frosted glass
green glass
ground glass
lead glass
looking glass
magnifying glass
milk glass
plate glass
ruby glass
safety glass
shot glass
silica glass
stained glass
Tiffany glass
toughened glass
watch-glass
window glass
wine glass

Synonyms and antonyms of hourglass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hourglass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOURGLASS

Find out the translation of hourglass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hourglass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hourglass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙漏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reloj de arena
570 millions of speakers

English

hourglass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hourglass
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الساعة الرملية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

песочные часы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ampulheta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বালিঘড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sablier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sanduhr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砂時計
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모래 시계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng hồ cát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணல் சொரிந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाळूचा घुमटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kum saati
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clessidra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klepsydra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пісочний годинник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clepsidră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλεψύδρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uurglas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

timglas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

timeglass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hourglass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOURGLASS»

The term «hourglass» is very widely used and occupies the 15.859 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOURGLASS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hourglass

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8 QUOTES WITH «HOURGLASS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hourglass.
1
Fiona Gubelmann
I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.
2
Niccolo Machiavelli
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
3
Jean Paul
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
4
Jules Renard
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
5
Rachel Roy
If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
6
Ben Shapiro
Every so often, we all gaze into the abyss. It's a depressing fact of life that eventually the clock expires; eventually the sand in the hourglass runs out. It's the leaving behind of everything that matters to us that hurts the most.
7
Christine Teigen
I feel badly for those girls who have to be so waif thin, doing those catwalks all the time because, luckily, we're going into a different time - that's what they're saying, at least - in we're appreciating a curvier figure. But to be honest, I couldn't be like an hourglass if I tried.
8
Trinny Woodall
A Joan Crawford dress looks really good on an hourglass figure.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOURGLASS»

Discover the use of hourglass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hourglass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hourglass
Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas.
Claudia Gray, 2010
2
Hourglass
Emerson uses her power to manipulate time to help Michael, a consultant hired by her brother, to prevent a murder that happened six months ago while simultaneously navigating their undeniable attraction to one another.
Myra McEntire, 2012
3
Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass
The acclaimed military thriller of the zombie apocalypse from the author of Day by Day Armageddon and Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile!
J. L. Bourne, 2012
4
Hourglass
Of all Danilo Kis's books, HOURGLASS, the account of the final months in one man's life before he is sent to a concentration camp, is generally considered his masterpiece.
Danilo Kiš, 1997
5
Bearing an Hourglass
Even Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of the Evil One to destroy all that was good.... From the Paperback edition.
Piers Anthony, 2012
6
The Hourglass Door
Dante, a prisoner sent from fifteenth-century Italy into the present time as punishment, meets and falls in love with Abby, a high school senior who may be the only one who can save him.
Lisa Mangum, 2010
7
The Hourglass of Souls (Max and the Gatekeeper Book II)
For decades Hudich, the leader of an evil army, had been held prisoner in a world called Pekel.
James Todd Cochrane, 2009
8
Magickeepers: The Eternal Hourglass
Nick Rostov learns that he is descended from a line of Russian Magickeepers on his dead mother's side, and that the powerful but evil Shadowkeepers will stop at nothing to get an ancient relic that his grandfather gave him.
Erica Kirov, 2010
9
Dragons of the Hourglass Mage
Raistlin Majere, a Black Robe wizard, must battle his sister, Kitiara, and her terrifying ally, the death knight Lord Soth, in order to thwart Takhisis, the Dark Queen, who plans to stop time and banish the three moons on the Night of the ...
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, 2009
10
The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators
These are among the deadly feats of natural engineering you'll witness in The Red Hourglass, prize-winning author Gordon Grice's masterful, poetic, often dryly funny exploration of predators he has encountered around his rural Oklahoma home ...
Gordon Grice, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOURGLASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hourglass is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The global wonder of Danilo Kiš - New Statesman
Kiš achieves several things with this story, which alongside the novel Hourglass (1972) and the story cycle A Tomb for Boris Davidovich (1976) ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Style Invitational Week 1133: 'Hew ready? Poems even the rhythm …
HIPPOCREPIFORM, horseshoe-shaped. The hourglass — a figure that most males find appealing; But pear-shapes, with protruding hips, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Here/Hear at Capital Fringe - DC Theatre Scene
Rocking serenely in her chair, she turns an hourglass over and asks us three questions: Who's got what you need? How has here changed? «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
4
Mel B dons sexy red dress as she steps out with husband Stephen …
The brunette beauty also showed off her incredible figure in all its glory, as the curve-hugging cut of the frock revealed her gorgeous hourglass ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Menswear defies gender | Living | Journal Gazette
... a man's because of a woman's curves, which can range from nearly non-existent to hourglass to Kardashian. Bootylicious. Olympic sprinter. «Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Jul 15»
6
Tour de France 2015 Bikes: Alex Dowsett's Canyon Aeroad CF SLX …
The head tube is narrower and it has developed skinny headset bearings, along with an hourglass profile, to reduce the frontal surface area. «road.cc, Jul 15»
7
This Tory attack on unions should remind us how much we need …
Simultaneously, people have started talking about the “hourglass economy”, with a lot of unskilled jobs at the bottom, highly skilled jobs at the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Cowboys reportedly up offer to Dez Bryant, Michael Irvin makes …
The hourglass is nearly empty in Dallas as Dez Bryant has yet to come to a long-term deal with the Cowboys. Jerry Jones and the Cowboys ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»
9
Body Type Fitness Workouts For The Hourglass - Loop21
Balance is key for the hourglass figure. Most women like to focus solely on their lower half when it comes to working out, but you need to add ... «Loop 21, Jul 15»
10
Kate Beckinsale shows off her fabulous hourglass figure in curve …
STUNNING Kate Beckinsale looked effortlessly chic in a curve-hugging gown as she attended a performance of The Mentalists in London this ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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