(sports) The interval between the two halves of a sports match. / (sometimes attributive) Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.

Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.

In a half time manner.

A person, especially a child, with only one living parent.

(cricket) A ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, ie. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.)

A rate of pay 50% greater than normal, commonly used for overtime work.

(idiomatic, litotes) Pretty good, imperfect but more than OK.

plural of half-brother

(uncountable, travel) A hotel rate that includes accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but no meal at lunchtime.

The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon. / Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail. / A type of cookie