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half-inch

[ haf-inch, hahf- ]
/ ˈhæfˈɪntʃ, ˈhɑf- /
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noun

a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters).

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Nearby words

  1. half-holiday,
  2. half-hoping,
  3. half-hour,
  4. half-human,
  5. half-hunter,
  6. half-integral,
  7. half-jack,
  8. half-joking,
  9. half-lap joint,
  10. half-leather

Origin of half-inch

First recorded in 1810–20
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for half-inch

British Dictionary definitions for half-inch

half-inch

noun

a measure of length approximately equivalent to 13 millimetres

verb

slang, old-fashioned to steal

Word Origin for half-inch

sense 2: from rhyming slang for pinch to steal
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