half-hour
half-hour noun: a period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.
Noun
half-hour (plural half-hours)
- A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.
- The time of thirty minutes past any particular hour.
- The great clock of the castle sounded the half-hour—he had another half-hour [sense 1] to wait, ere the approach of Count Deckendorff; […]1807, [Miss Guion], chapter V, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC...
- India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world.2024 May 8, Dhruv Tikekar, “How India got stuck in its own unusual time zone”, in CNN
half-hour meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Myanmar
half-hour in Tamil
- period
- அரை மணிநேரம் arai maṇinēram
half-hour in Arabic
- period
- نِصْف سَاعَة niṣf sāʕa
half-hour in Myanmar
- period
- နာရီဝက် nariwak
Forms of half-hour
| plural | half-hours |
|---|---|
| alternative form | halfhour |
Origin of half-hour
From half- + hour.
Words formed from half-hour
Questions about half-hour
- What does half-hour mean?
- Half-hour means a period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.
- What is half-hour in Tamil?
- Half-hour in Tamil is அரை மணிநேரம் (arai maṇinēram). See Half-hour meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is half-hour?
- Half-hour is a noun.
- What is the plural of half-hour?
- The plural of half-hour is half-hours.
Words near half-hour in the dictionary
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