hour 
(our)
(our)n.
Idiom: 1. One of the 24 equal parts of a day.
2.
a. One of the points on a timepiece marking off 12 or 24 successive intervals of 60 minutes, from midnight to noon and noon to midnight or from midnight to midnight.
b. The time of day indicated by a 12-hour clock.
c. hours The time of day determined on a 24-hour basis: 1730 hours is 5:30 PM.
3. A unit of measure of longitude or right ascension, equal to 15° or 1/24 of a great circle.
4.
a. A customary or fixed time: the dinner hour.
b. hours A set or customary period of time for a specified activity: banking hours.
5.
a. A particular time: their hour of need.
b. A significant time: Her hour had come.
c. The present time: the man of the hour.
6.
a. The work that can be accomplished in an hour.
b. The distance that can be traveled in an hour.
7.
a. A single session of a school day or class.
b. A credit hour.
8. hours Ecclesiastical The canonical hours.
long hours
A longer than usual or customary period of time for a given activity: worked long hours to finish the project on time.
[Middle English, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Greek hōrā, season, time; see yēr- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]