hourglass

US /ˈaʊr.ɡlæs/
UK /ˈaʊr.ɡlæs/
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1.

sablier

a device for measuring time, consisting of two connected glass bulbs from which a quantity of sand takes an hour to pass

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The sand slowly trickled through the hourglass.
Le sable s'écoulait lentement à travers le sablier.
She turned the hourglass over to start the timer.
Elle a retourné le sablier pour démarrer le minuteur.
2.

silhouette en sablier, forme de sablier

a figure or shape that is narrow in the middle and wider at the top and bottom, resembling an hourglass

:
She has an hourglass figure.
Elle a une silhouette en sablier.
The vase had an elegant hourglass shape.
Le vase avait une élégante forme de sablier.