/ Dictionary / Index M man-hour: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: man-hour Pronunciation: (man'our", -ou"ur), [key] — n. a unit of measurement, esp. in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in an hour. Abbr.: man-hr Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: man-hour (Thesaurus) manhood manhunt Related Content Daily Word Quiz: gregarious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language