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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
County could amount to a quarter-inch Saturday, with around a half-inch in the mountains, she said.
Totals will be modest, topping out at a half-inch.
We were working with open reel, half-inch black and white video tape and in the first year no editing facility at all.
Mudslides and debris flows were a concern during the region’s first major winter storm last weekend, which dropped a half-inch to 1½ inches of rain across L.A.
“If these hydrants were all over the place, people aren’t going to be using stupid garden hoses — they’re going to be getting out there with a one-and-a half-inch attack line and going to town out of a high-pressure little baby hydrant,” he said.
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