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half shell
half sister
half-size
half-slip
half sole
half-sole
half-staff
half step
half term
half tide
half-timbered
half title
half tone
half-track
half-truth
half volley
half-volley
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half term
half term (plural half terms)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. vacation halfway through semester: a short vacation for schools halfway through a semester ( hyphenated when used before a noun )

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