Definition of hour

• n. - The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
• n. - The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we meet?
• n. - Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
• n. - Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.
• n. - A measure of distance traveled.