Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "hourglass" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

beach ball

Derived Terms

hourglass corset hourglass dolphin hourglass drum hourglass figure hourglass-shaped hourglassed hourglassing

Derived From

glass hour

Context

computing

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

sandglass

Type Of (IsA)

ancient form of measuring time ancient time keeping device elegant way to tell time old way of telling time primitive time measuring tool sandglass way of measuring time way to measure time

Parts (Meronyms)

pinch

Receives Action

used as timer

Related Terms

tempus fugit ⌛ ⏳

Related Terms

clock glass pointer

Synonym Network

sandglass

Used For

meassure time measure time

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.