Hour meaning

What does “hour” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“hour” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.

hour

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
“the job will take more than an hour”
Synonymshr 60 minutes
clock time
“the hour is getting late”
Synonymstime of day
a special and memorable period
“it was their finest hour”
distance measured by the time taken to cover it
“we live an hour from the airport”
“its just 10 minutes away”
Synonymsminute

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University