half-pound

[ haf-pound, hahf- ]

/ ˈhæfˈpaʊnd, ˈhɑf- /

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noun

a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).

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Nearby words

half-pie, half-pike, half-pipe, half-plane, half-plate, half-pound, half-price, half-quartern, half-quire, half-remembered, half-rhyme

Origin of half-pound

First recorded in 1545–55

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for half-pound

We are interrupted by the arrival of her burger, a gigantic, half-pound slab of beef sandwiched between two shiny brioche buns.
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And of a morning he will take a half-pound of it and put it in his leather bottle, with as much water as he pleases.
Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams
Beat again in a few hours, and make up in half-pound prints.
Housekeeping in Old Virginia|Marion Cabell Tyree
These studies, as we have seen, demonstrated that a half-pound weight and a hundred-pound weight fall with the same velocity.
A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams

In Merida we had to pay two shillings for a half-pound glass jar of French marmalade.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold
After squatting thus in brute immobility for a half-hour, one of them would purchase a few pounds of flour or a half-pound of tea.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White