and a half

phrase

1

—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement

My daughter is two and a half (years old).

The fish was a foot and a half long.

weighs ten and a half pounds

2

informal

—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.

That was a meal and a half!

Renovating a house is a job and a half.

Examples of and a half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What to do nearby Naples's famously soft sand is only a block and a half away. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

For the next hour and a half, the system transported the five rescue workers and the two bodies that were still at the bottom of the gorge. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

About a year and a half later, Schlumberger developed the floral idea into the more naturalistic Jasmine necklace through successive drawings that took technical execution into account. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

In the last two and a half years, future gifts have grown from $200 million to over $300 million, Jobin said. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for and a half

• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph
• holograph
• hydrograph
• lithograph
• micrograph
• monograph