hour

noun
owʹər

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

Other meanings

A season, moment, or time.
“Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour.”
Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.

Example sentences

“I fell asleep for a few hours.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“You have to get there within three hours.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“The fire consumed the entire forest in hours.”
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Word history

From Ancient Greek "ὥρα" (any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hour” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.