"hourglass" meaning in English

See hourglass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hourglass.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hourglass.wav Forms: hourglasses [plural]
Etymology: From hour + glass. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hour|glass}} hour + glass Head templates: {{en-noun}} hourglass (plural hourglasses)
  1. A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows. Categories (topical): Clocks Synonyms: sandglass, sand timer, watch glass Translations (clock): سَاعَة رَمْلِيَّة (sāʕa ramliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ավազի ժամացույց (avazi žamacʻuycʻ) (Armenian), reló d'arena [masculine] (Asturian), qum saatı (Azerbaijani), пясо́чны гадзі́ннік (pjasóčny hadzínnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), eurier-traezh [masculine] (Breton), пя́съчен часо́вник (pjásǎčen časóvnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), သဲနာရီ (sai:nari) (Burmese), rellotge de sorra [masculine] (Catalan), 沙漏 (soa-lāu) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 沙漏 (saa¹ lau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 沙漏 (shālòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 沙鐘 (Chinese Mandarin), 沙钟 (shāzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 沙壺 (Chinese Mandarin), 沙壶 (shāhú) (Chinese Mandarin), přesýpací hodiny [feminine, plural] (Czech), timeglas [neuter] (Danish), zandloper [masculine] (Dutch), sablohorloĝo (Esperanto), liivakell (Estonian), tiimalasi (Finnish), sablier [masculine] (French), reloxo de area (Galician), ქვიშის საათი (kvišis saati) (Georgian), Sanduhr [feminine] (German), κλεψύδρα (klepsýdra) [feminine] (Greek), રેતઘડી (retaghḍī) [feminine] (Gujarati), रेतघड़ी (retghaṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), बालू घड़ी (bālū ghaṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), homokóra (Hungarian), tímaglas [neuter] (Icelandic), stundaglas [neuter] (Icelandic), sablo-horlojo (Ido), jam pasir (Indonesian), clessidra [feminine] (Italian), 砂時計 (sunadokei) (alt: すなどけい) (Japanese), 砂漏 (sarō) (alt: さろう) (Japanese), құм сағат (qūm sağat) (Kazakh), នាឡិកាខ្សាច់ (niəlekaa khsac) (Khmer), 모래시계 (moraesigye) (Korean), 사루 (saru) (alt: 沙漏) (Korean), 사루계 (sarugye) (alt: 沙漏計) (Korean), хум сагьат (xum sahat) (Kumyk), кум саат (kum saat) (Kyrgyz), ນາລິກາຊາຍ (nā li kā sāi) (Lao), smilšu pulkstenis [masculine] (Latvian), smėlio laikrodis [masculine] (Lithuanian), пе́сочен ча́совник (pésočen čásovnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), пе́сочник (pésočnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), jam pasir (Malay), hôlouoge à sablion [feminine] (Norman), timeglass [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), timeglas [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قوم ساعتی (kum saʾatı) (Ottoman Turkish), ساعت شنی (sâ'at-e šeni) (Persian), klepsydra [feminine] (Polish), zegar piaskowy [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), ampulheta [feminine] (Portuguese), nisiparniță [feminine] (Romanian), clepsidră [feminine] (Romanian), песо́чные часы́ (pesóčnyje časý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), пешча̀нӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пјешча̀нӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пешчани сат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пјешчани сат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пешчани часовник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), пјешчани часовник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), peščànīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pješčànīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), peščani sat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pješčani sat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), peščani časovnik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pješčani časovnik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), presýpacie hodiny [feminine, plural] (Slovak), peščena ura [feminine] (Slovene), reloj de arena [masculine] (Spanish), ampolleta [feminine] (Spanish), reloj arenoso [masculine] (Spanish), reloj arenáceo [masculine] (Spanish), timglas [neuter] (Swedish), соати регӣ (english: soat-i regi) (Tajik), นาฬิกาทราย (naa-lí-gaa-saai) (Thai), kum saati (Turkish), піскови́й годи́нник (piskovýj hodýnnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ریت گھڑی (ret ghaṛī) [feminine] (Urdu), qum soat (Uzbek), đồng hồ cát (Vietnamese), awrwydr [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (graphical user interface) A cursor, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating that the computer is busy. Categories (topical): Graphical user interface, Timekeeping Synonyms: egg timer
    Sense id: en-hourglass-en-noun-EaMwxJQ0 Disambiguation of Timekeeping: 32 68 Categories (other): Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 55 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hourglass corset, hourglass drum, hourglassed, hourglass figure, hourglassing, hourglass-shaped Related terms: ⏳, , tempus fugit

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          "ref": "1819, John Keats, “Canto I”, in The Fall of Hyperion:",
          "text": "The sands of thy short life are spent this hour, / And no hand in the universe can turn / Thy hourglass, if these gummed leaves be burnt / Ere thou canst mount up these immortal steps.",
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          "clock"
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          "glass"
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          "word": "sandglass"
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          "word": "sand timer"
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          "word": "watch glass"
        }
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "sāʕa ramliyya",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "avazi žamacʻuycʻ",
          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "ավազի ժամացույց"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "reló d'arena"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "qum saatı"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eurier-traezh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pjásǎčen časóvnik",
          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "пя́съчен часо́вник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sai:nari",
          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "သဲနာရီ"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "rellotge de sorra"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "沙漏"
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          "sense": "clock",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "沙漏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "沙鐘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shāzhōng",
          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "沙钟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "沙壺"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shāhú",
          "sense": "clock",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "tiimalasi"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "clock",
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          "word": "રેતઘડી"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "रेतघड़ी"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hi",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "बालू घड़ी"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "homokóra"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "clock",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "tímaglas"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "clock",
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          "word": "stundaglas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "sablo-horlojo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "jam pasir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "clessidra"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "すなどけい",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "sunadokei",
          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "砂時計"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "alt": "さろう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "clock",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "құм сағат"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "clock",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "хум сагьат"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "clock",
          "word": "ນາລິກາຊາຍ"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "word": "пе́сочник"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "jam pasir"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "clock",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "hôlouoge à sablion"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nn",
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            "neuter"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ota",
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          "word": "قوم ساعتی"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "nisiparniță"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "clock",
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          "sense": "clock",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "sense": "clock",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pješčànīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peščani sat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pješčani sat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peščani časovnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pješčani časovnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "presýpacie hodiny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peščena ura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reloj de arena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ampolleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reloj arenoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reloj arenáceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "timglas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "english": "soat-i regi",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "clock",
      "word": "соати регӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "naa-lí-gaa-saai",
      "sense": "clock",
      "word": "นาฬิกาทราย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "clock",
      "word": "kum saati"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "piskovýj hodýnnyk",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "піскови́й годи́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ret ghaṛī",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ریت گھڑی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "clock",
      "word": "qum soat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "clock",
      "word": "đồng hồ cát"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "clock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "awrwydr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hourglass"
}

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