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[ haf-pound, hahf- ] / ˈhæfˈpaʊnd, ˈhɑf- /
nouna unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram). Origin of half-poundFirst recorded in 1545–55 Words nearby half-poundhalf-pike, half pint, half-pipe, half-plane, half-plate, half-pound, half-price, half-quartern, half-quire, half relief, half-remembered Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for half-poundWe are interrupted by the arrival of her burger, a gigantic, half-pound slab of beef sandwiched between two shiny brioche buns. ‘Family Guy’ Star Alex Borstein Is Ready for Her HBO Close-Up|Marlow Stern|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST And of a morning he will take a half-pound of it and put it in his leather bottle, with as much water as he pleases. Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams Beat again in a few hours, and make up in half-pound prints. Housekeeping in Old Virginia|Marion Cabell Tyree These studies, as we have seen, demonstrated that a half-pound weight and a hundred-pound weight fall with the same velocity. A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
In Merida we had to pay two shillings for a half-pound glass jar of French marmalade. The American Egypt|Channing Arnold After squatting thus in brute immobility for a half-hour, one of them would purchase a few pounds of flour or a half-pound of tea. The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
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