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halfstaff

halfstaff is the alternative form of half-staff.

Meaning of half-staff

Noun

half-staff (plural half-staffs)

  1. (Canada, Philippines, US, sometimes) Half-mast.
    • [T]he agents of the steamship lines drowned their sorrow in rum and ran the house flags to half-staff.c. 1900, Richard Harding Davis, Billy and the Big Stick

Forms of halfstaff

pluralhalfstaffs

Questions about halfstaff

What is halfstaff the alternative form of?
Halfstaff is the alternative form of half-staff.

Words near halfstaff in the dictionary

  1. halfsmoked
  2. halfspace
  3. halfspaces
  4. halfsphere
  5. halfspheres
  6. halfstaff
  7. halfstaffs
  8. halfth
  9. halfths
  10. halftimbered
  11. halftime

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