Half Mile (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of length equal to half of 1 mile.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The beach stretched for about a half-mile along the coastline before curving out of sight.
- It took the hikers nearly two hours to climb the steep mountain trail that was only a half-mile long in distance.
- A half-mile wide lake sparkled in the morning sun like a sheet of liquid silver.
- She decided to limit her walk to a half-mile so that her small child could join in the excursion without getting tired.
- Driving just a half-mile past the first milepost was supposed to reveal the new mile-high park constructed within an entirely revitalized wildlife nature habitat zone