half-pound
a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
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How to use half-pound in a sentence
We are interrupted by the arrival of her burger, a gigantic, half-pound slab of beef sandwiched between two shiny brioche buns.
‘Family Guy’ Star Alex Borstein Is Ready for Her HBO Close-Up | Marlow Stern | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTProvisions became scarce among the emigrants, and their rations were reduced to one-half pound of flour per day for each person.
Early Scenes in Church History | VariousThe trials were made with a movable glass bell, with counterweights, containing a half-pound of carbide.
Then she weighed the fruit and allowed one-half pound of sugar to each pound of rhubarb.
A Little Preserving Book for a Little Girl | Amy WatermanMr. Lumley, who had stopped in for a half pound of tea, grinned feebly, but said nothing.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
One half pound sugar, one half pound butter and one half pound flour, three eggs and vanilla flavoring.
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