Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-and-half

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.11 in modern English

Syllables: half-and-half
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of half and half.

adv

Alternative spelling of half and half.

noun

Alternative spelling of half and half.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Accordingly, we went to a public house, near the Theatre, sat ourselves down in a quiet room upstairs on the first floor, and called for a pint of half-and-half, a-piece, and a pipe. “Well, Sir, we put our pipes aboard, and we drank our half-and-half, and sat a talking, very sociably, […]"
"I had some really nice customers—there was a couple who bought only a pint of half-and-half once a week for their coffee—and I had some deadbeats, the kind of people who knew that if they ever paid their bill in full you’d drop them."

Usage

Inflected Forms

half-and-halfs (plural)

Questions

What does half-and-half mean?: Alternative spelling of half and half.

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