half-staff half-squadron • half-starved · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · half-staff · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) 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. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · half-mast · · Synonym 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 f latin small letter f U+0066 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074