half-size

1. 1.

   half the usual or regular size

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Questions about half-size

What does half-size mean?

half-size means "half the usual or regular size".

How many syllables are in half-size?

half-size has 2 syllables: half--size. The stress falls on "half-".

Is half-size a common word?

half-size 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.