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HOURGLASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hourglass" is a kind of...):
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)