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half-inch
[ haf-inch, hahf- ]
noun
- a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters).
half-inch
noun
- a measure of length approximately equivalent to 13 millimetres
verb
- slang.to steal
Word History and Origins
Origin of half-inch1
Word History and Origins
Origin of half-inch1
Example Sentences
If only I had another half-inch or so at the waist, I might even be comfortable.
The bread bakes up only about a half-inch thick,” explain the Lee brothers, “which means the crust-to-crumb ratio is quite high.
A one-half inch eye-piece, a micrometer eye-piece, and an attachable mechanical stage are very useful additions.
Even in his bare feet, which you saw with your own eyes, he'd overlap those prints a half inch all around.
The small end was a half-inch, perhaps, in bore, the big end perhaps three inches or less.
It groweth two foote and a halfe high or better: the blades are about two foot in length, and half inch broad.
To each of them was bent one of our two-and-a-half-inch hawsers.
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