Hourglass Definition

ourglăs
noun
An instrument for measuring time by the trickling of sand, mercury, water, etc. through a small opening from one glass bulb to another below it, in a fixed period of time, esp. one hour.
Webster's New World

(computing) A pointer, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating the computer is busy.

The computer showed an hourglass mouse cursor to indicate that it was too busy to process user input.
Wiktionary
adjective
Shaped like an hourglass.
Her hourglass figure.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hourglass

Noun

Singular:
hourglass
Plural:
hourglasses

Origin of Hourglass

Hourglass Sentence Examples

  • In the same and the following years he published a collected edition of his Plays for an Irish Theatre, comprising Where There is Nothing, The HourGlass, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth, The King's Threshold and On Baile's Strand.

  • My bet is that you will do both before the hourglass runs out.

  • He watched her grab the hourglass and toss it in the air.

  • He reached out to take the hourglass, grazing her skin in the act.

  • Darkyn glanced at the sand in the hourglass.  He had one more chain of events to set in motion.

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