Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. In equal parts; half.
- adv. In two equal parts.
- n. Half one thing and half another.
- n. US A mixture of cream and milk often used in coffee, defined by the US Food and Drug Administration to contain between 10.5% and 18% milk fat.
- n. A mixture of two alcoholic beverages, most frequently those brewed from malt, such as porter and ale or mild and bitter beers, in about equal parts; also used for equal parts of an alcoholic beverage and water.
- n. A person of mixed race or with dual nationality.
- n. UK A combination of both rice and chips as an accompaniment to a curry, as opposed to one or the other.
- n. UK A combination of beer and ale (or similar alcoholic drinks) in equal quantities.
Examples
“There was to be a senate, at first wholly nominated by the Crown and subsequently half and half by the Crown and Senate.”
“The strike force was split half and half between Humans, including Ranji and his friends, and Massood.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘half and half’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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by half
half as good as most lists
halfheimers, half time, halfhearted, half a mind to, half nelson, half caf, half and half, half-pint, half-cocked, half-wit, half again, half-crazed and 19 more...
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And Another Thing
adam and eve, again and again, alpha and omega, arts and crafts, b and b, back and forth, bacon and eggs, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and blue, black and tan, blood and guts and 165 more...
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