half hour

noun

1

: thirty minutes

2

: the middle point of an hour

half-hourly

ˈhaf-ˈau̇(-ə)r-lē 

ˈhäf-

adverb or adjective

Examples of half hour in a Sentence

Trains depart every half hour.

I waited a half hour in line.

Recent Examples on the Web

And students with commutes of a half hour or less got, on average, an hour and 15 minutes more exercise per day than those with longer commute times. —Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024

Kelce's comment garnered over 1700 likes and dozens of replies in less than a half hour. —Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024

Huntsville, a half hour north of Houston, saw 17 inches. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 May 2024

But those festivities officially ended at 5 p.m., about a half hour before the stabbing was reported. —Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024

Set in a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, just 12 half hour episodes of the iconic comedy were made. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 May 2024

The final half hour of The Contestant explores what happened to Nasubi following his time on Denpa Shōnen, delving into his struggles to re-adapt to real life and cope with sudden fame before ultimately rediscovering purpose in helping others. —Megan McCluskey, TIME, 2 May 2024

The Jeep in the first crash was turned over at about 7:30 a.m. and alleviated the Tuttle problem, and the I-95 rollover cleared about a half hour later. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024

So what better way to air it than to preempt it for a half hour and the cut him off MID-PIANO MAN? —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

half hour

noun

1

: thirty minutes

2

: the middle point of an hour

half-hourly

ˈhaf-ˈau̇(ə)r-lē

ˈhȧf-

adverb or adjective