Half-mile

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Noun
  1. 1
    Half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres.

    "These trains in the course of their day's work often travel a distance little less than that from London to Glasgow, stopping and starting every half-mile."

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half a mile

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"The school is a half-mile walk from my house."

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