Definitions for half-and-half

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Spelling: [haf-uh n-haf, hahf- Half-And-Half is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in half-and-half (--aaadffhhlln).

Definitions for half-and-half

noun

1. a mixture of two things, especially in equal or nearly equal proportions.
2. milk and light cream combined in equal parts, especially for table use.
3. Chiefly British. a mixture of two malt liquors, especially porter and ale.

adverb

1. in two equal parts.

adjective

1. half one thing and half another.

Origin of half-and-half

First recorded in 1705-15

Examples for half-and-half

By this time the waiter brought Mr. Peacock the half-and-half.

"You're such a half-and-half man," she said with a note of contempt in her voice.

His boat attack had been a half-and-half affair, for all that.

I felt for her a strong affection, and affection is the half-and-half of love.

For his medium grade he blends Santos and Maracaibo, half-and-half.

No half-and-half measures, no beating about the bush, for me.

For my part I have a sort of half-and-half belief in the super-natural.

Mayhap you think it's you're pint of half-and-half as keeps us all out of the union.

Away with your half-and-half sinners who have some love for virtue!

Some make a success of it; some make a “fizzle;” some make a sort of half-and-half.