Definition of Half-length in English :

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Half-length meaning in English

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Half-length

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Noun

1. half-length

a portrait showing the body from only the waist up

Adjective

2. half-length

representing only the upper half of the body

Example Sentences:
'a half-length portrait'

3. half-length

abridged to half its original length

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Half-length

see synonyms of half-length
adjective
1. 
(of a portrait) showing only the body from the waist up and including the hands
2. 
of half the entire or original length
noun
3. 
a half-length portrait

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Half-length

see synonyms of half-length
adjective
1. 
of half the full length
2. 
showing a person from the waist up
said of a portrait
noun
3. 
a half-length portrait

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Half-length

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n.
A portrait that shows only the upper half and hands of a person.
adj.
1. Of or relating to a half-length portrait.
2. Of half the full length.

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