hourglass
वाळूचे घड्याळ
definition
noun
The invention of timekeeping devices - hourglasses , water clocks, graduated tapers - made it possible for early civilized people to begin to control and standardize the units of time, and in doing so to coordinate their lives.
an invertible device with two connected glass bulbs containing sand that takes an hour to pass from the upper to the lower bulb.
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Like sand through the 'hourglass' , these are the days of our lives.
She's still a girl, but she's got that 'hourglass' figure, and she really enhances it.
She has brown hair, brown eyes, is about medium height, and a not quite 'hourglass' figure.
Let them slip away like the fine sand in an 'hourglass' , one or many at a time, till there remains nothing.
It suddenly melted away like sand in an 'hourglass' .
It went down brilliantly until the day my friend thumped the 'hourglass' - and sand began to trickle through.
When you run out of paper or the words you write are jumbled up, think of the 'hourglass' passing sand from the top to the bottom.
Long may the days of our lives run like sand through her 'hourglass' .
Even the dolls that girls play with are thin and have 'hourglass' figures.
Often these ideals take the form of ridiculously unfeasible forms with unhealthily exaggerated 'hourglass' figures.
The last sands of the 'hourglass' passed through and it turned over, beginning again.
Like sands through the 'hourglass' , these are the stars of our lives.
If you are blessed with a curvy, 'hourglass' figure, then a corset or basque will certainly make the most of your assets.
her 'hourglass' figure
Note the inverted hearts, the tree, the anchor, and the sand glass or 'hourglass' .
But the sand in which you are drawing the line is the sand of the 'hourglass' .
At about one o'clock I was still awake, sitting patiently with the lights off, watching the gold sand in the 'hourglass' trickling with an almost painful laziness.
I'm constantly aware of the ticking of the clock and at any point in the day I can hear the gentle hiss of the sand in the 'hourglass' .
her 'hourglass' figure
By ‘them’ we mean creations inspired by such everyday objects as bottle gourds, pipettes and pumpkins, not to mention 'hourglasses' and Japanese dining tables.
They were staring down in horror, still clutching the 'hourglasses' .
The invention of timekeeping devices - 'hourglasses' , water clocks, graduated tapers - made it possible for early civilized people to begin to control and standardize the units of time, and in doing so to coordinate their lives.
We have also projected out, using black 'hourglasses' , a possible path for the propensity to hold U.S. currency.
Using simple blocks with shapes like cubes or 'hourglasses' , researchers have found ways to construct strong panels with no fasteners securing most of the blocks.
An expensive chronometer would help here, but one or more well-made 'hourglasses' will also do just fine.
Their lives are represented by the flows of 'hourglasses' .
The Four Horsemen, whose appearance, experts believe, marks the imminence of a major conflict, are armed with state-of-the-art swords, scythes and 'hourglasses' , as well as a fully operational last trumpet.
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