Definitions for half-hour
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
half′-hour′(n.)
a period of 30 minutes.
the midpoint of an hour, as 12:30.
(adj.)of, pertaining to, or consisting of a half-hour.
Origin of half-hour:
1375–1425
half′-hour′ly
Princeton's WordNet
half-hour, 30 minutes(noun)
a half of an hour
Wiktionary
half-hour(Noun)
A period of time equal to thirty minutes.
half-hour(Noun)
The time of thirty minutes past any particular hour.
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