Usually means: Flag lowered to honor deceased.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word half staff:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. half-staff: Merriam-Webster
  2. half-staff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. half-staff, half-staff: Collins English Dictionary
  4. half-staff: Vocabulary.com
  5. Half-Staff, half-staff: Wordnik
  6. half-staff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. half-staff, half staff: Wiktionary
  8. half-staff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. half-staff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. half-staff: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. half-staff, half staff: Dictionary.com
  12. Half-staff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. half-staff: FreeDictionary.org
  14. half-staff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. half-staff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Half Staff, half-staff: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Half staff)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of half-staff [(US, Canada) Half-mast.]

Similar:
halfstaff, half mast, flag-staff, flag staff, half measure, half-smile, half-term, halfpike, centre-half, shelter-half, more...

Opposite:
full staff, raised, hoisted, flying

Types:
half-mast, half-staff, more...

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Similar:
halfstaff, half mast, flag-staff, flag staff, half measure, half-smile, half-term, halfpike, centre-half, shelter-half, more...

Opposite:
full staff, raised, hoisted, flying

Types:
half-mast, half-staff, more...



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