hour (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 4 senses of the word *hour*:
NOUN	time	hour, hr, 60 minutes	a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
time	hour, time of day	clock time
time	hour	a special and memorable period
attribute	hour, minute	distance measured by the time taken to cover it

hour > pronunciation
Sounds	aw'er; aw'r
Rhymes	bellflower ... willpower: 32 rhymes with awer...
Adenauer ... sour: 9 rhymes with awr...

English > *hour*: 4 senses > noun 1, time
Meaning	A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
Example	"the job will take more than an hour"
Synonyms	hr, 60 minutes
Part of	day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day	Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
Parts	half-hour, 30 minutes	A half of an hour
	minute, min	A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
	quarter	A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
	quarter-hour, 15 minutes	A quarter of an hour
Narrower	man hour, person hour	A time unit used in industry for measuring work
Narrower	sidereal hour	1/24 of a sidereal day
Broader	time unit, unit of time	A unit for measuring time periods
Spanish	60 minutos, h, hora
Catalan	60 minuts, h, hora
Adjectives	horary	relating to the hours
Adjectives	hourly	occurring every hour or payable by the hour

English > *hour*: 4 senses > noun 2, time
Meaning	clock time.
Example	"the hour is getting late"
Synonym	time of day
Narrower	bedtime	The time you go to bed
	canonical hour	(Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
	closing time	The regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public
	dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow	The first light of day
	early-morning hour	An hour early in the morning
	happy hour	The time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
	late-night hour	The latter part of night
	mealtime	The hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten
	midnight	12 o'clock at night
	none	A canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
	noon, twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide	The middle of the day
	rush hour	The times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work
	small hours	The hours just after midnight
	sunset, sundown	The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
	twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle	The time of day immediately following sunset
	zero hour	The time set for the start of an action or operation
Broader	clock time, time	A reading of a point in time as given by a clock
Spanish	hora del día, hora
Catalan	hora
Adjectives	horary	relating to the hours

English > *hour*: 4 senses > noun 3, time
Meaning	A special and memorable period.
Example	"it was their finest hour"
Broader	time period, period of time, period	An amount of time
Spanish	hora, momento
Catalan	hora

English > *hour*: 4 senses > noun 4, attribute
Meaning	distance measured by the time taken to cover it.
Example	"we live an hour from the airport"
Synonym	minute
Broader	distance	The property created by the space between two objects or points
Spanish	hora, minuto
Catalan	hora, minut

HyperDic: hour