and a half

idiom

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

In a modest Oregon warehouse, Timber Stoves, a wood pellet products and outdoor heater manufacturing company, has spent the past decade and a half handcrafting outdoor heaters that are designed to last a lifetime. —Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025

Flights have been delayed for up to six and a half hours in some areas, with the FAA forced to slow air traffic at numerous major airports due to safety concerns, Reuters reported. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025

In fact, 70% of those calls over the past decade were made just in the last three and a half years. —Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025

Meisenzahl has served as SVP of finance for the last two and a half years. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for and a half

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