half-tone

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English

Noun

half-tone (plural half-tones)

  1. Alternative form of halftone
    • 1959 March, “New Reading on Railways: The Southern Railway. By R. W. Kidner. The Oakwood Press. 12s. 6d.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 172:
      [...] A good selection of half-tones well portrays the Southern atmosphere.

Verb

half-tone (third-person singular simple present half-tones, present participle half-toning, simple past and past participle half-toned)

  1. Alternative form of halftone

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