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NOUN | 1 | hour, hr, 60 minutes | A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day |
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2 | hour, time of day | Clock time | |
3 | hour | A special and memorable period | |
4 | hour, minute | Distance measured by the time taken to cover it |
Sounds | aw'er; aw'r |
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Rhymes | bellflower, bower, brainpower, and 29 more rhymes in awer at the HyperDic website... |
Adenauer, dour, dower, and 6 more rhymes in awr at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day. |
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Examples | "the job will take more than an hour" |
Synonyms | hr, 60 minutes |
Part of | day, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day |
Parts | half-hour, 30 minutes; quarter-hour, 15 minutes; minute, min; quarter |
Narrower | sidereal hour; man hour, person hour |
Broader | time unit, unit of time |
Adjectives | half-hourly; hourly; horary |
Meaning | Clock time. |
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Examples | "the hour is getting late" |
Synonyms | time of day |
Narrower | noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide; mealtime; late-night hour; midnight; small hours; bedtime; closing time; dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow; early-morning hour; sunset, sundown; twilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle; none; happy hour; rush hour; zero hour; canonical hour |
Broader | clock time, time |
Meaning | A special and memorable period. |
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Examples | "it was their finest hour" |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Meaning | Distance measured by the time taken to cover it. |
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Examples | "we live an hour from the airport" |
Synonyms | minute |
Broader | distance |