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hourglass

noun

1 hourglass

A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes.

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Roget 114: chronometry, horometry, horology; date, epoch; style, era.    almanac, calendar, ephemeris; register, registry; chronicle, annals, ... show more

Roget 195: contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size etc. 36; defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking etc. v.; compaction; ... show more

Dutch: zandloper


Moby thesaurus: abbreviation, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, curtailment, decrease ... show more.

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