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one-half
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As a noun, one-half means one of two equal parts of a divisible whole.
Meanings of one-half
1 meaningnoun
One of two equal parts of a divisible whole
“half a loaf”
“half an hour”
“a century and one half”
Similar: half
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: one of two equal parts of a divisible whole