1. (

• hour ,
• hr ,
• 60_minutes

) a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour" ;

2. (

• hour ,
• time_of_day

) clock time; "the hour is getting late" ;

3. (

• hour ,

) a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour" ;

4. (

• hour ,
• minute

) distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away" ;