Definitions for half-pound

half-pound half-pound

Spelling: [haf-pound, hahf-]
IPA: /ˈhæfˈpaʊnd, ˈhɑf-/

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

You can make 323 anagrams from letters in half-pound (-adfhlnopu).

Definitions for half-pound

noun

  1. a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).

Origin of half-pound

First recorded in 1545-55

Examples for half-pound

There was not a half-pound of difference between them in ability.

I think you will find a half-pound cocoa tin at the end of your fork.

That little line is the half-pound, and the fish pulls the spring to that line.

"I only got a half-pound of steak," he said, coming in one afternoon with his papers.

It had a one-inch bore, which carried about a half-pound ball.

At the regular hour each person received his half-pound of biscuit.

We are interrupted by the arrival of her burger, a gigantic, half-pound slab of beef sandwiched between two shiny brioche buns.

I was curious to examine the effect of the half-pound shell.

When mixed and melted it is poured into half-pound molds and cooled.

One half-pound of cutbear will dye one pound of woollen cloth.

Word Value for half-pound
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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