half-pint glass
- noun
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vaso de medio litro
- "He picked up a half-pint glass from the draining board beneath the bar and began, idly, yet with skill, to wipe it.
Examples
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He enjoyed his beer while sitting outside, using a half-pint glass to savor the flavor.
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At the pub, I ordered a cider and received it in a half-pint glass.
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The bartender filled a half-pint glass with ale and placed it on the counter.
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Morphology
half-pint + glass
The meaning 'a drinking glass holding half a pint' is directly compositional: 'half-pint' denotes half of a pint and 'glass' denotes a drinking vessel, so the overall sense is derivable from the parts. This is a simple measurement-based compound following standard English noun compounding and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Half-pint glass is a very literal name: it is a glass that holds half a pint. Because people used it for a 'small serving', the name now means a drinking glass made for 'half a pint'.