| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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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 |