Meaning

1 senses
  1. The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours.

    Stundenzeiger

    часова́я стре́лкаčasovája strélka, ма́ленькая стре́лкаmálenʹkaja strélka

    годи́нна стрі́лкаhodýnna strílka

    the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The clock has two hands, an hour hand and a minute hand.

    ruУ часов две стрелки: часовая и минутная.

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  2. The hour hand is broken.

    ruЧасовая стрелка сломалась.

    deDer Stundenzeiger ist gebrochen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour:
Русский
By meaning 1
the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour:

Forms

plural: hour hands
Singularhour hand
Pluralhour hands

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours:little hand

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hour hand — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto