half full
half full adjective: holding about half of the full capacity.
Adjective
half full (not comparable)
- holding about half of the full capacity
- Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 72
- Synonyms:
- half-filled, half empty
Synonyms of half full
Forms of half full
| alternative form | halfful |
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Questions about half full
- What does half full mean?
- Half full means holding about half of the full capacity.
- What part of speech is half full?
- Half full is an adjective.
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