noun
one of two equal parts of a divisible whole (Freq. 7)
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half a loaf
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half an hour
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a century and one half
• Syn: ↑half
• Hypernyms: ↑common fraction, ↑simple fraction
• Hyponyms: ↑fifty percent, ↑moiety, ↑mediety
Useful english dictionary. 2012.