Word Meaning

hourglass definition and meaning

n. An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.

Crossword clues for hourglass

- Measuring device that people flip over
- old tick tock that used sand
- Old-fashioned timer
- Sand-filled timer