half-hour
nounattested in dialogue
A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.
noun
- 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; […]
India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world.
Etymology
From half- + hour.
Forms
- plural
- half-hours
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