Four-o'clock Definition

fôrə-klŏk
noun
Any of a genus (Mirabilis) of chiefly tropical American plants of the four-o'clock family, bearing petal-less flowers and, often, brightly colored leaves; esp., a garden plant (M. jalapa) with long-tubed blossoms that generally open in the late afternoonp.m.
Webster's New World

The friarbird; so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

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The start of the fifth hour of the day in both the 12-hour and the 24-hour clock; 4:00.

Wiktionary
adjective
Designating a family (Nyctaginaceae, order Caryophyllales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the bougainvilleas.
Webster's New World

Four-o'clock Sentence Examples

  • The operation is usually performed about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the opium collected the next morning.

  • I had a couple of Sam Adams and a roast beef sandwich and arrived at the 30th Street station in Philadelphia just before four o'clock.

  • It was four o'clock and he'd just returned from Montrose to find Cynthia still damp from her shower.

  • It tells callers looking for reservations to call after four o'clock.

  • At four o'clock we ambled ashore and took the cable car up to Capri Town for a stroll.

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