hour

/aʊə/noun
Elementary
1

A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

2

A season, moment, or time.

3

The time.

4

Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.

5

The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.

6

The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.

7

A distance that can be traveled in one hour.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

Words that share the same ending sound pattern

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing