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half-mile

half-mile noun: half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres.

Noun

half-mile (plural half-miles)

  1. Half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres.
    • These trains in the course of their day's work often travel a distance little less than that from London to Glasgow, stopping and starting every half-mile.1951 January, “The Inner Circle and its Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 61
    • They were greeted with applause, medals and the skirl of bagpipes from our lone piper - a sound some told us encouraged tired legs for the last half-mile as the pipes could be heard on the mountain.2024 August 7, Paul Bigland, “'3 Peaks by Rail': ain't no mountain high enough”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 51
    Synonyms:
    half a mile

Synonyms of half-mile

Forms of half-mile

pluralhalf-miles

Questions about half-mile

What does half-mile mean?
Half-mile means half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres.
What part of speech is half-mile?
Half-mile is a noun.
What is the plural of half-mile?
The plural of half-mile is half-miles.

Words near half-mile in the dictionary

  1. half-measures
  2. half-metal
  3. half-metallic
  4. half-metallicity
  5. half-metals
  6. half-mile
  7. half-monthly
  8. half-moon
  9. half-mooned
  10. half-moons
  11. half-mourning

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