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/ ' her |draiar / noun [ count ] a machine that dries your hair by blowing hot air on it

hair • style / ' herstail / noun [ count ]

the way that your hair is cut and arranged

hai r • y / ' heri / adjective ( hair - i - er, hair - i - est )

covered with a lot of hair He has very hairy legs.

ha • lal / ha lal / adjective

( religion ) (used about meat) from an animal that has been killed according to Muslim law a halal butcher (= a butcher who sells halal meat )

half w / hsef / adjective, pronoun, noun [ count ] ( plural halves / hrevz / ) Pronunciation

The word half sounds like staff , because we don't say the letter l in this word.

one of two equal parts of something; V2 Half of six is three.

I lived in that apartment for two and a half years.

The trip takes an hour and a half.

I've been waiting more than half an hour.

She gave me half of her apple.

Half this money is yours.

in half

so that there are two equal parts Cut the cake in half. The verb is halve .

half 2© /hsef / adverb 50%; not completely The bottle is half empty .

He's half Italian (= one of his parents is Italian ) . half past ( formal )

30 minutes after an hour on the clock It's half past nine (= 9:30 ) . Style

We usually say nine thirty , two thirty , etc. half-broth • er ( also half broth er )

/ ' href |brAdar / noun [ count ]

Your half-brother shares one parent with you.

half-heart • ed / |href ' hartad / adjective

without interest or enthusiasm a half-hearted smile

half -price / |href ' prais / adjective, adverb

for half the usual price

You can get half-price tickets one hour before the show.

half-sis • ter ( also half sis - ter ) / ' href ^ister /

noun [ count ]

Your half-sister shares one parent with you. half • time / ' hreftaim / noun [ noncount ] ( sports ) a short time in the middle of a game like football, when play stops

half • way / |href wei / adverb

in the middle

They live halfway between New York and Boston. She left halfway through the class.

hall © / hoi/ noun[ count]

( also hall . way ) a room or passage that leads to other rooms in a house or public building

You can leave your coat in the hall.

a big room or building where a lot of people meet a concert hall

a dining hall (= where people eat )

Hal • low • een / |hrela'win / noun [ singular ]

the night of October 31

Culture

In the past, people believed that dead people appeared from their graves on Halloween .

Nowadays, children dress up as witches, ghosts, etc. and go to people's houses saying " trick or treat ," and the people give them candy.

People also make jack-o'-lanterns , where they cut shapes into a pumpkin (= a large orange vegetable ) so that it looks like a face, and put a light inside.

hall • way / ' holwei / noun [ count ] another word for hall ( 1 )

halt / holt / noun come to a halt

to stop

The car came to a halt in front of the school. ► halt verb ( halts , halt ing , halt - ed )

( formal )

She halted just outside the gate.

halve / hrev / verb ( halves , halv ing , halved )

to divide something into two parts that are the same There were two of us, so I halved the orange. The noun is half .

halves

plural of half

ham / hrem / noun [ count, noncount ] meat from a pig's leg that you can keep for a long time because salt or smoke was used to prepare it a ham sandwich a delicious ham Word building A young pig is called a piglet . Meat from a pig is called pork , bacon , or ham .

ham • burg • er / 'hrem|bargar /

( also burg - er / ' bargar / ) noun [ count ]

meat cut into very small pieces and made into a flat round

shape. You often eat it in a round piece of bread (called a

bun )