hourglass

US /ˈaʊr.ɡlæs/
UK /ˈaʊr.ɡlæs/
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1.

klepsydra

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.
Piasek powoli przesypywał się przez klepsydrę.
She turned the hourglass over to start the timer.
Odwróciła klepsydrę, aby uruchomić stoper.
2.

figura klepsydry, kształt klepsydry

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.
Ma figurę klepsydry.
The vase had an elegant hourglass shape.
Wazon miał elegancki kształt klepsydry.