HOURGLASS


Meaning of HOURGLASS in English

I. ˈau̇(-ə)r-ˌglas noun

Date: circa 1515

: an instrument for measuring time consisting of a glass vessel having two compartments from the uppermost of which a quantity of usually sand runs in an hour into the lower one

II. adjective

Date: circa 1834

: shaped like an hourglass

an hourglass figure

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.