English Explanatory Dictionary

four o'clock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).
  2. The start of the seventeenth hour of the day; 4:00 p.m. (16:00).
  3. A position to the right and slightly behind (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 4 mark on a clock face)
  4. Any of several plants, of the genus Mirabilis, whose funnel-shaped flowers open in late afternoon.
  5. The friarbirds (Philemon spp.); so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

four o'clock four-o'clock

Derived words

garden four o'clock Colorado four o'clock
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