half-hour

half-hour

(hăf′our′, häf′-)n.1. A period of 30 minutes.2. The middle point of an hour: The clock chimes on the half-hour.

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half′-hour′ly adv. & adj.

half-hour

n 1. (Units) a. a period of 30 minutesb. (as modifier): a half-hour stint on the treadmill. 2. a. the point of time 30 minutes after the beginning of an hour b. (as modifier): a half-hour chime. ˌhalf-ˈhourly adv, adj

half′-hour′

n. 1. a period of 30 minutes. 2. the midpoint of an hour, as 12:30. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or consisting of a half-hour. [1375–1425] half′-hour′ly adj., adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

half-hour - a half of an hour 30 minutestime unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods60 minutes, hour, hr - a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour"

Translations

half-hour

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