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.
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