hour
Day's twenty-fourth part
An hour is a unit of time equal to sixty minutes, one twenty-fourth of a day.
Hours structure daily life: business hours, office hours, visiting hours.
The hour can mean the present moment: the man of the hour, the question of the hour.
To do something on the hour is to do it when the clock strikes exactly.
An eleventh-hour decision comes at the last possible moment.
In the plural, hours often indicates a long stretch of time: We talked for hours.
Device displaying time
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- timepieceHour-measuring device
- clockfaceTime-telling surface
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
digital · analog · chime · tick · tock · alarm · grandfather · cuckoo
Sixtieth of an hour
- secondUnit smaller than minute
- day24-hour period
- weekSeven-day span
- millisecondTiny time unit
Sixty-second intervals
- sixtySix times ten
- intervalDuration between two points
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- spanDistance between endpoints
length · session · quarter · half · stretch · timespan · block · slot
Day's exact middle
Most absent of light
- finestSuperlative in quality
- eleventhOrdinal for eleven
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
- witchingPerforming magical rites
golden · magic · power · cocktail · amateur · desperate · crucial · fateful
Fine loose granules
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- slippingLosing footing unintentionally
- elapsingTime going by
- tickingRhythmic mechanical sound
passing · waning · dwindling · counting · killing · whiling · dragging · flying
Scheduled time for something
- meetingGathering for discussion
- officeProfessional work location
- visitingGoing to see someone
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
opening · closing · rush · peak · happy · quiet · checkout · curfew
Measured speed or charge
- payWages for work
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- billableAble to be invoiced
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
minimum · freelance · labor · contractor · retainer · fee · charge · time-and-a-half
clock
Device displaying time
hands · digital · analog · chime · tick · tock · alarm · grandfather · cuckoo · sundial
minute
Sixtieth of an hour
millisecond · workday · shift · watch · bell
minutes
Sixty-second intervals
span · length · session · quarter · half · stretch · timespan · block · slot · segment
noon
Day's exact middle
three · nine · sharp · exactly · strike · toll · chime · AM · PM
darkest
Most absent of light
witching · golden · magic · power · cocktail · amateur · desperate · crucial · fateful · appointed
sands
Fine loose granules
ticking · passing · waning · dwindling · counting · killing · whiling · dragging · flying · crawling
appointment
Scheduled time for something
business · opening · closing · rush · peak · happy · quiet · checkout · curfew · deadline
rate
Measured speed or charge
consulting · minimum · freelance · labor · contractor · retainer · fee · charge · time-and-a-half · double-time
hoursecond
Unit smaller than minute
instant · moment · millisecond · nanosecond · split second
- half an hourSixty minutes halved
- 24 hoursOne day's duration
- half hourThirty-minute span
- miles per hourSpeed unit, American roads
- lunch hourMidday work recess
- office hoursDesignated meeting availability
hours, hourly, hourglass, half-hour, happy hour, zero hour, after-hours, quarter-hour, man-hour