Phrase Hound found 143 phrases and 15 compound words that contain hours. The most common are listed below. Open hours in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- office hoursThe times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks.
- business hoursThe hours and days when a given business is available to the public.
- opening hoursThe regular times of day when a shop, office or similar is open to the public.
- book of hoursAn illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
- credit hoursplural of credit hour: A course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester.
- working hoursThe time of the day or week when one is at work, working time.
- Hours After
- wee hoursThe very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.
- small hoursThe very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep.
- Three Hours
- Great HoursA particularly solemn celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church, occurring thrice a year: on the Eve of the Nativity, the Eve of Theophany, and Great Friday.
- Six Hours
- after hoursAfter opening hours, usually after midnight and before daybreak.
- Eight Hours
- count the hoursTo await or look forward to something with great eagerness.
- books of hoursplural of book of hours: An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
- Five Hours
- semester hoursThe number of credit hours a student takes in a semester, usually for a college or university to count towards a degree.
- long hoursplural of long hour: Any of the late hours of the day, especially those nearing midnight, or the hours after sunset.
- Work hours
- Store hours
- off-hoursplural of off-hour: A period when traffic is light
- peak hoursplural of peak hour: Rush hour.
- little hoursplural of little hour: One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.
- man-hoursplural of man-hour: The amount of work that can be done by one person in one hour.
Compound words 15
- hourslongAlternative spelling of hours-long (“Lasting for hours.”).
- flexihoursFlexitime.
- afterhoursAfter opening hours, usually after midnight and before daybreak.
- manhoursplural of manhour: The amount of work that can be done by one person in one hour.
- Eisenhoursplural of Eisenhour: A surname.
- jobhoursplural of jobhour: A measure of time required to do a particular job or set of tasks.
- kilohoursplural of kilohour: One thousand hours. Symbol: khrs.
- midhoursplural of midhour: The middle part of the day or night.
- Spainhoursplural of Spainhour: A surname from German.
- Walthoursplural of Walthour: A surname.