clock hour
clock hour · clock hours
A full sixty-minute periodA full sixty-minute period (as opposed to a scheduled length of time that is called an "hour" but not equivalent to sixty minutes, such as a student hour).
» Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour.
Meaning
1 sensesA full sixty-minute period (as opposed to a scheduled length of time that is called an "hour" but not equivalent to sixty minutes, such as a student hour).
Examples
3 sentencesDon't forget to set your clocks back an hour.
The clock chimes every hour.
We must put the clock back one hour in Autumn, because of daylight savings.
Forms
plural: clock hours| Singular | clock hour |
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