Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hourglassed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hour-glassed
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Physically deformed into an hourglass shape.

adj

Having an hourglass figure.

verb

simple past and past participle of hourglass

Example Sentences

Etymology

From hourglass + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hourglassed (comparative) most hourglassed (superlative)

Questions

What does hourglassed mean?
Physically deformed into an hourglass shape.
Where does hourglassed come from?
From hourglass + -ed.

How to pronounce hourglassed

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