hourglass
(noun) a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hourglass (plural hourglasses)
A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
(GUI) A pointer, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating that the computer is busy.
• sandglass
• egg timer, egg-timer
Source: Wiktionary
Hour"glass`, n.
Definition: An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
Note: A similar instrument measuring any other interval of time takes its name from the interval measured; as, a half-hour glass, a half- minute glass. A three-minute glass is sometimes called an egg-glass, from being used to time the boiling of eggs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
