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half-hours

half-hours is the plural of half-hour.

Meaning of half-hour

Noun

half-hour (plural half-hours)

  1. A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.
  2. 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...

Questions about half-hours

What is half-hours the plural of?
Half-hours is the plural of half-hour.

Words near half-hours in the dictionary

  1. half-holiday
  2. half-holidays
  3. half-hour
  4. half-hourlong
  5. half-hourly
  6. half-hours
  7. half-human
  8. half-humans
  9. half-hunter
  10. half-hunters
  11. half-identical

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