Halfpenny

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A British coin worth one half of a new penny.
  • n. A British coin worth one half of an old penny, no longer in circulation.
  • n. The sum of one half of a penny.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
  • n. An quantity of money worth half a penny.
  • adj. Costing or worth one halfpenny.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An English coin of the value of half a penny, no longer minted; also, the value of half a penny.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A coin of the value of half a penny, current in the British islands; the value of such coin.
  • n. A small fragment.
  • Of the price or value of half a penny; hence, cheap; mean; worthless.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an English coin worth half a penny
  • Equivalent
    half-penny   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coin   
    Variant
    halfpence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ha'penny    bawbee    maker    mail   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ha'penny    farthing    threepence    sterling    penny