Definitions for half-length

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half-length half-length

Spelling: [haf-lengkth, -length, -lenth, hahf-]

IPA: /ˈhæfˌlɛŋkθ, -ˌlɛŋθ, -ˌlɛnθ, ˈhɑf-/

Half-Length is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 288 anagrams from letters in half-length (-aefghhllnt).

Definitions for half-length

noun

1. something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.

adjective

1. of half the complete length or height.

Origin of half-length

First recorded in 1690-1700

Examples for half-length

The two men regarded each other across the half-length of the room.

It shows the half-length figure of a blonde, in a black and gold dress.

He had cut the fuse to half-length, and he had not long to wait.

There is a half-length portrait of him in the library by Lorenzo Lotto.

half-length, standing; turned to the right, but facing in front.

The second was also a half-length, and belonged to his son Carl Philip Emanuel.

The girls wore long skirts and the boy had half-length pants.

She was then painting his picture, a half-length, of which she also made an etching.

half-length, facing to the right, with his right hand extended.

half-length, seated; turned to the left, but facing in front.