All 16 Uses of
minute
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Half a minute!' cried Frodo, running out of the room to the door.†
Chpt 1.1
- A mortal, Frodo, who keeps one of the Great Rings, does not die, but he does not grow or obtain more life, he merely continues, until at last every minute is a weariness.†
Chpt 1.2
- A fox passing through the wood on business of his own stopped several minutes and sniffed.†
Chpt 1.3
- I give you one minute before I call all my dogs.†
Chpt 1.4
- Ah! but wait a minute!†
Chpt 1.4
- 'It's coming out in a minute,' whispered Pippin to Merry.†
Chpt 1.5
- Must bathe feet a minute.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- 'Wait a minute!' cried Sam, struck by an idea suggested by firewood.†
Chpt 1.6
- 'Half a minute, if you please!' shouted the man over his shoulder, and vanished into a babel of voices and a cloud of smoke.†
Chpt 1.9
- If Frodo had really wanted to write a book, and had had many ears, he would have learned enough for several chapters in a few minutes.†
Chpt 1.9
- We shall be packed in a few minutes.†
Chpt 1.11
- For many minutes he stood looking down at them with a smile.†
Chpt 2.1
- ' Nothing more was heard for several minutes; but then there came out of the depths faint knocks: tom-tap, tap-tom.†
Chpt 2.4
- Wait a few minutes for me at the bottom, but if I do not come soon, go on!†
Chpt 2.5
- Minutes or hours passed slowly, and nothing happened.†
Chpt 2.9
- 'Now, Sam,' said Frodo, 'don't hinder me! The others will be coming back at any minute.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.