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hourglass
noun
- 1. An instrument that measures time, consisting of a glass container on top of and connected to another by a narrow glass tube, and filled with sand that takes a certain amount of time, not necessarily an hour, to pass from one container to the other.
2. Curving in at the waist or middle like an hourglass.
- Example: an hourglass figure
