half-mile

[ haf-mahyl, hahf‐ ]

noun
  1. a half of a mile (0.8 kilometer).

  2. a race of half a mile.

adjective
  1. measuring or running half a mile.

Origin of half-mile

1
First recorded in 1595–1605

Words Nearby half-mile

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How to use half-mile in a sentence

  • The road ran straight for over a half-mile behind them, and not a living thing showed upon it.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • Once a party trotted by within a half-mile of us, but no one of the four men we wanted to see was in the squad.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Instead of our small craft working to and fro in half mile runs, henceforth they will have to cover 60 miles per trip.

  • If we run on another half mile we shall be shot down where we stand without any means of defending ourselves.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • A half-mile or more distant from them a big, ocean-going tugboat was passing down the bay, without a tow and under full steam.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith

British Dictionary definitions for half-mile

half-mile

noun
    • half a mile

    • (as modifier): a half-mile stretch of the river

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