HALF-STAFF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress

Synonyms:

half-mast; half-staff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("half-staff" is a kind of...):

place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)

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