Hourglass

Meaning

Noun

●

In Clocks:

A

two

by a

through which

flows.

●

In Graphical user interface & Timekeeping:

A

, often

like an

,

that the

is busy.

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Origin

hourglass

English

glass

English

hour

English

houre

Middle English (1100-1500)

houre

Anglo-Norman

houre

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

hora

Latin

ὥρα

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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