half inch

English

A carpenter ant, about a half inch long

Alternative forms

• half-inch

Noun

half inch (plural half inches)

1. A length of half of an inch.
   • 2018 December 20, “Americans are getting fatter but not taller, study finds”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-01:

     The average woman in the early 1960s was 5ft 3in and 140lb. Now, women are a half-inch taller and about 30lb heavier, on average.

Related terms

• half-inch (verb)

 

References

• “half inch”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.