"half birthday" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-ncalif-halfbirthday.ogg [Northern-California] Forms: half birthdays [plural], half-birthday [alternative]
Etymology: From half + birthday. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|half|birthday}} half + birthday Head templates: {{en-noun}} half birthday (plural half birthdays)
  1. The day halfway in between two consecutive birthdays.
    Sense id: en-half_birthday-en-noun-zXhOS38z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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