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half-filled

half-filled adjective: holding or containing only half of its capacity.

Adjective

half-filled (not comparable)

  1. Holding or containing only half of its capacity.
    • […] although overcrowding on the trains running via London Bridge has occasioned considerable discomfort to regular travellers, it was noticed that the alternative route was not extensively patronised, and that the trains were seldom more than half-filled.1946 November and December, “Additional London-Dartford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 386
    Synonyms:
    half full

Synonyms of half-filled

Questions about half-filled

What does half-filled mean?
Half-filled means holding or containing only half of its capacity.
What part of speech is half-filled?
Half-filled is an adjective.

Words near half-filled in the dictionary

  1. half-expect
  2. half-expected
  3. half-expecting
  4. half-expects
  5. half-faced
  6. half-filled
  7. half-finished
  8. half-first cousin
  9. half-first cousins
  10. half-forgotten
  11. half-frame

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