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half-hour
half-hour (plural half-hours)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. 30 minutes: a period of 30 minutes
I'll be gone for about a half-hour.
2. point in time halfway between hours: the point in time 30 minutes after the start of an hour
Isn't that clock supposed to chime on the half-hour?

half-hour·ly adverb, adjective
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