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half hour

half hour is the alternative spelling 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...

Forms of half hour

pluralhalf hours

Questions about half hour

What is half hour the alternative spelling of?
Half hour is the alternative spelling of half-hour.

Words near half hour in the dictionary

  1. half grosses
  2. half gyp
  3. half gyps
  4. half hitch
  5. half hitches
  6. half hour
  7. half hours
  8. half in the bag
  9. half inch
  10. half inches
  11. half joe

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