hourglass

hourglass has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury occupies an hour in running through a small aperture unto the lower.
• n.. a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes