Meanings
alternative multi-hour
- not comparableOf two or more hours in duration.
In the case of a dramatic runway incursion last year at New York’s John. F. Kennedy International Airport, the pilots took off for the multihour trip to London after nearly hitting another loaded passenger jet.
2024 January 8, Gregory Wallace, “Cockpit voice recorders only record 2 hours at a time. The NTSB chair wants it to be 25 hours”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jan 20241 more example
It’s just that when I’ve been stripped of my possessions, my dignity and any semblance of personal space and then strapped in for a multihour spell in the world’s most cramped and crappy bar car, the little niceties go a long way toward keeping me – keeping everyone – sane.
2012 June 13, Kat Kinsman, “That’s how the cookie (and a passenger’s calm) crumbles”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2023Synonyms: hourslong
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf two or more hours in duration.
Origin
Translations
Polish wielogodzinny, kilkugodzinny
- wielogodzinnyof two or more hours in duration
- kilkugodzinnyof two or more hours in duration
Cite this entry
multihour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multihour
“multihour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multihour. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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