hourglass

• Dispositivo formado por dois bulbos de vidro ligados por um gargalo estreito, contendo areia que escoa do bulbo superior para o inferior em um intervalo fixo de tempo, geralmente uma hora, usado para medir o tempo.

A device consisting of two glass bulbs connected by a narrow neck, containing sand that flows from the upper to the lower bulb in a fixed period, typically one hour, used to measure time.

1. Timekeeping deviceB1formal

   A device consisting of two glass bulbs connected by a narrow neck, used to measure a specific amount of time, typically one hour, by the flow of sand from the upper to the lower bulb.

   Ampulheta

   • The old hourglass on the shelf still measures exactly sixty minutes.
   • She turned the hourglass over to start timing the game.
   • The sand in the hourglass slowly trickled down, marking the passage of an hour.

   Sinônimossandglass