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Hour

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Aurora 76% connected

The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

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Bedtime 76% connected

The time to go to bed.

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Cockcrow 76% connected

Alt. of Cockcrowing

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Crepuscle 76% connected

Alt. of Crepuscule

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Crepuscule 76% connected

Twilight.

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Dawn 76% connected

To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

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Dawning 76% connected

of Dawn

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Daybreak 76% connected

The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

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Dayspring 76% connected

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

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Dusk 76% connected

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

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Evenfall 76% connected

Beginning of evening.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Gloam 76% connected

To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

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Gloaming 76% connected

Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.

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Mealtime 76% connected

The usual time of eating a meal.

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Midday 76% connected

The middle part of the day; noon.

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Midnight 76% connected

The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

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Morning 76% connected

Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.

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Nightfall 76% connected

The close of the day.

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None 76% connected

No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.

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Noon 76% connected

No. See the Note under No.

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Noonday 76% connected

Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.

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Noontide 76% connected

The time of noon; midday.

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Sundown 76% connected

The setting of the sun; sunset.

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Sunrise 76% connected

Alt. of Sunrising

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Sunset 76% connected

Alt. of Sunsetting

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Sunup 76% connected

Sunrise.

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Twilight 76% connected

The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illum…

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Distance 76% connected

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Derivationally related 2

Horary 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.

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Horary 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.

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Containing whole 1

Day 70% connected

The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunsh…

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Component part 2

Minute 70% connected

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

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Quarter 70% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

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Synonym 1

Minute 92% connected

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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