hour

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

the job will take more than an hour

clock time

the hour is getting late

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

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	hourly
1	derivation	Related & opposite	horary
1	part holonym	Parts & wholes	day
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	half-hour
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	quarter-hour
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	minute
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	quarter
1	hypernym	Types & categories	time unit
1	hyponym	Types & categories	sidereal hour
1	hyponym	Types & categories	man hour
2	derivation	Related & opposite	horary
2	hypernym	Types & categories	clock time
2	hyponym	Types & categories	noon
2	hyponym	Types & categories	mealtime
2	hyponym	Types & categories	late-night hour
2	hyponym	Types & categories	midnight
2	hyponym	Types & categories	small hours
2	hyponym	Types & categories	bedtime
2	hyponym	Types & categories	closing time
2	hyponym	Types & categories	dawn
2	hyponym	Types & categories	early-morning hour
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sunset
2	hyponym	Types & categories	twilight
2	hyponym	Types & categories	none
2	hyponym	Types & categories	happy hour
2	hyponym	Types & categories	rush hour
2	hyponym	Types & categories	zero hour
2	hyponym	Types & categories	canonical hour
3	hypernym	Types & categories	period
4	hypernym	Types & categories	distance