half hour
Sitcom episode length
A half hour is a period of thirty minutes.
The phrase works as a noun We waited a half hour or as an adjective with hyphens: a half-hour delay, half-hour episodes.
On the half hour means at thirty minutes past any hour: Buses depart on the half hour.
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- killing timePassing moments idly
- clockDevice displaying time
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- tickParasitic eight-legged pest
thirty minutes · thirty · appointment · timer · breaktime · commute · sitcom · agenda · power nap · quick nap · intermission · coffee · tea · slot · siesta · short walk · countdown · window
- time unitssecond, minute, seconds, day, minutes
- time slotstime slot, booking window, prime time, primetime, air time
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- hoursone o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting