hourglasses
Bulbous sand timers
Hourglasses is the plural of hourglass, a timekeeping device with two glass bulbs connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows from top to bottom.
The hourglass shape—wide at top and bottom, pinched in the middle—describes body types and other objects: an hourglass figure, an hourglass-shaped vase.
Rounded storage organ
- neckHead-body junction
- waistTorso's narrowest circumference
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
- vesselReceptacle for contents
chamber · frame · stand · hand-blown · ornate · decorative · symmetry · transparent
Backward enumeration to zero
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- intervalDuration between two points
- durationLength of existence
- sands of timePoetic term for mortality
turning · flipping · measuring · tracking · timing · egg timer · game timer · board game
Small hard seeds
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- tricklingFlowing in thin stream
- fallingMoving downward freely
- siftingSeparating by particle size
fine · colored sand · accumulating · piling · settling · stream · particles · granules
Outline or numeral
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- curvesBends in a line
- shapeExternal outline of something
- waistTorso's narrowest circumference
proportions · contour · form · tapered · narrow waist · feminine · body type · corseted
State of eventual death
- transienceBrevity of existence
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
- deathCessation of life
fleeting · passing time · brevity · temporality · finite · inevitable · vanitas · allegory
Quality from past eras
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- VictorianOf a prim era
- curioOdd collectible item
relic · heritage · classic · artifact · treasure · patina · restoration · antiquarian
bulb
Rounded storage organ
- neckHead-body junction
- waistTorso's narrowest circumference
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
vessel · chamber · frame · stand · hand-blown · ornate · decorative · symmetry · transparent · delicate
countdown
Backward enumeration to zero
sands of time · turning · flipping · measuring · tracking · timing · egg timer · game timer · board game · sand timer
grains
Small hard seeds
sifting · fine · colored sand · accumulating · piling · settling · stream · particles · granules · calibrated
figure
Outline or numeral
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- curvesBends in a line
- shapeExternal outline of something
waist · proportions · contour · form · tapered · narrow waist · feminine · body type · corseted
mortality
State of eventual death
- transienceBrevity of existence
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
death · fleeting · passing time · brevity · temporality · finite · inevitable · vanitas · allegory · reminder
vintage
Quality from past eras
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- VictorianOf a prim era
curio · relic · heritage · classic · artifact · treasure · patina · restoration · antiquarian · maritime
- time traditionsdaylight saving, time zones, leap year, calendar systems, New Year countdown
- ancient timekeepingsundials, water clocks, gnomon, sand clocks, solar time
- mourning symbolsmemento mori, mourning jewelry, mourning rings, hairwork, weeping willow
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- cemeterygrave, headstone, headstones, graves, tombstone
- fragile itemschina, eggs, mirrors, vases, crystal
hourglassesdigital clocks
Electronic time readouts
atomic clocks · smartwatches · mechanical clocks · digital watches · quartz watches
hourglassesatomic clocks
Devices measuring time via particle vibrations
hourglasseseternity
Boundless temporal existence
infinity symbols · timelessness · perpetuity · immortality · the eternal
- hourglass figuresProportions with cinched waists
- hourglass shapePinched center, flared ends
- hourglass silhouetteBody shape with cinched middle