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HALF-AND-HALF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does half-and-half mean?

• HALF-AND-HALF (noun)
The noun HALF-AND-HALF has 1 sense:

1. half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat

Familiarity information: HALF-AND-HALF used as a noun is very rare.

• HALF-AND-HALF (adjective)
The adjective HALF-AND-HALF has 1 sense:

1. in equal parts

Familiarity information: HALF-AND-HALF used as an adjective is very rare.

• HALF-AND-HALF (adverb)
The adverb HALF-AND-HALF has 1 sense:

1. in equal parts

Familiarity information: HALF-AND-HALF used as an adverb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HALF-AND-HALF (noun)

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Meaning:

Half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("half-and-half" is a kind of...):

dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)

• HALF-AND-HALF (adjective)

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Meaning:

In equal parts

Context example:

a half-and-half mixture

Similar:

equal (well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)

• HALF-AND-HALF (adverb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In equal parts

Context example:

it was divided half-and-half

Pertainym:

half-and-half (in equal parts)

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