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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress;
[syn: half-mast, half-staff]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

half-staff
    n 1: a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a
         flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress [syn:
         half-mast, half-staff]