Hourglass

Noun

 * 1) A clock made of two glass vessels connected with a narrow passage, with sand flowing through that passage.

Synonyms

 * sandglass

Hyponyms

 * egg timer, egg-timer

Derived terms

 * hourglassed
 * hourglass figure
 * hourglassing

Thesaurus
abbreviation, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, curtailment, decrease, diminuendo, hourglass figure, isthmus, knitting, narrow place, narrowing, neck, puckering, pursing, reduction, shortening, solidification, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, systole, wasp waist, wrinkling

Translations

 * Arabic: ساعة رملية
 * Breton: eurier-traezh
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 沙漏, 沙鐘, 沙钟, 沙壺, 沙壶
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 * Danish: timeglas
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 * Estonian: liivakell
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 * Lithuanian: smėlio laikrodis
 * Polish: klepsydra, zegar piaskowy
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: песочные часы
 * Serbian: peščanik
 * Slovene: peščena ura
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