'Hourglass' definitions:
Definition of 'hourglass'
From: WordNet
noun
A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
Definition of 'Hourglass'
From: GCIDE
- Hourglass \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hourglass'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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