hour

A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

• Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond
• Near-synonym: microcentury (humorous approximation)

A season, moment, or time.

• Don't come home ever again at this unearthly hour.

The time.poetic

• The hour grows late and I must go home.

Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.in-plural

• By 1300 hours the position was fairly clear.

The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.in-plural

• I asked my manager for more hours.
• The shop wasn't giving me enough hours so I started searching for a second job.

The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.in-plural

A distance that can be traveled in one hour.US

• This place is an hour away from where I live.