half-length

Meanings

adjectivehalf-length (not comparable)

not comparableHalf the normal length.
not comparableartOf a portrait, sculpture or a photograph, depicting only the upper half of the subject.

nounhalf-length (plural half-lengths)

hobbiesHalf the length of a horse.
artA portrait or photograph that depicts only the upper half of the subject.
His portrait, a half-length painted by Howard, was engraved by Vertue, and re-engraved for the Bibliographical Decameron.
1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97

adjectiverepresenting only the upper half of the body

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adjectiveabridged to half its original length

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Finnish puolipitkä, puolipituinen

French en buste

Polish pół długości, pokazujący połowę ciała

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