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half-lengths

half-lengths is the plural of half-length.

Meaning of half-length

Noun

half-length (plural half-lengths)

  1. Half the length of a horse.
  2. A portrait or photograph that depicts only the upper half of the subject.
    • His portrait, a half-length painted by Howard, was engraved by Vertue, and re-engraved for the Bibliographical Decameron.1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97

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Questions about half-lengths

What is half-lengths the plural of?
Half-lengths is the plural of half-length.

Words near half-lengths in the dictionary

  1. half-kirtle
  2. half-kirtles
  3. half-landing
  4. half-landings
  5. half-length
  6. half-lengths
  7. half-life
  8. half-light
  9. half-line
  10. half-lines
  11. half-lives

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