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half-hour
noun
half-hour
, half hour
[
countable
]
a period of time that is 30 minutes long
:
Fay had been in her room for a good half-hour.
—
half-hour
adjective
:
a half-hour TV show
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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