SANDGLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sandglass mean? 

• SANDGLASS (noun)
  The noun SANDGLASS has 1 sense:

1. timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage

  Familiarity information: SANDGLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANDGLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sandglass" is a kind of...):

horologe; timekeeper; timepiece (a measuring instrument or device for keeping time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sandglass"):

egg timer (a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs)

hourglass (a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes)