clock-hour

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [klok ouuh r, ou-er]
- /klɒk aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/
- /klɒk ˈaʊə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [klok ouuh r, ou-er]
- /klɒk aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definition of clock-hour word

noun clock-hour a full 60-minute period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation. Compare hour (def 11). 1

Just one definition for clock-hour

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Origin of clock-hour

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Clock-hour

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Clock-hour

clock-hour popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.