- pronunciation:
- aUr
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
"Hour" is one of the words we use when we measure time. There are sixty minutes in one hour and twenty-four hours in a day. Two hours is about how long most movies last.
When my sister takes a bath, she sometimes stays in the bathroom for a whole hour. |
| definition 2: |
Sometimes "hour" means a particular hour of the day.
Their school has three lunch periods during the noon hour. |
| definition 3: |
If you live an hour from your cousin, it means that it takes an hour to travel to your cousin's house.
We live two hours from my grandparents' house. |
| definition 4: |
When we talk about the hours that a business is open, we mean the exact times that they are open. If we talk about a person's hours, we are usually talking about when they work or when they are available to meet with other people.
Did you check the store's hours? It might not be open this early in the morning.Liam's dad has different hours on Thursdays and Fridays. On those two days, he goes to work earlier and comes home later. |
| related words: |
period |
The words
hour and
our (belonging to us) sound alike but have different meanings.