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zandloper — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hourglass noun A timekeeping device with two glass bulbs joined by a narrow neck, through which sand trickles from top to bottom.

Senses

zandloper is used for these senses in English:

  • Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wader that breeds in a wide range, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern United States and the Caribbean, but not including Kent.
  • hourglass A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
  • sandglass An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.

hourglass — full definition

  1. noun A timekeeping device with two glass bulbs joined by a narrow neck, through which sand trickles from top to bottom.
  2. noun A cursor shape (resembling an hourglass) shown while a computer is processing.
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