HOUR HAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hour hand mean? 

• HOUR HAND (noun)
  The noun HOUR HAND has 1 sense:

1. the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

  Familiarity information: HOUR HAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUR HAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hour hand; little hand

Hypernyms ("hour hand" is a kind of...):

hand (a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece)