half-length

Questions about half-length

What does half-length mean?

half-length means "representing only the upper half of the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in half-length?

half-length has 2 syllables and divides as hal-f-length under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is half-length a common word?

half-length is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.