Definitions for hourglass

hourglass hour·glass

Spelling: [ouuh r-glas, -glahs, ou-er-]
IPA: /ˈaʊərˌglæs, -ˌglɑs, ˈaʊ ər-/

Hourglass is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 346 anagrams from letters in hourglass (aghlorssu).

Definitions for hourglass

noun

  1. an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.

adjective

  1. having a notably slim or narrow waist, midsection, or joining segment:

Origin of hourglass

First recorded in 1505-15; hour + glass

Examples for hourglass

The latter had an hourglass on his head, and in his hand a scythe, with which he aimed a blow at Mercury's feet.

There were bold minidresses with molded bodices that exaggerated an hourglass figure.

I think an hourglass running out would help the notion; perhaps her little tilings upon his knee, or in his hand.

To calculate it one must reckon a century for every turn of the hourglass.

The hourglass figure can of course be construed as the "filled-in angle" enlarged.

Sometimes his leather jackets were sporty and rakish, at others they were sculpted into prim, hourglass shapes.

There is a good oak pulpit, with hourglass holder, and some heavy 15th-cent.

At the sound the bearded old man raises his sceptre, opens his mouth, and turns an hourglass.

It seems to refer to paired crossing lines as part of hourglass figures.

The marble was but roughly hewn, in lines that held the suggestion of an hourglass.

Word Value for hourglass
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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