semi-finished

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ finished.

Adjective

semi-finished (not comparable)

1. (manufacturing) Alternative form of semifinished.
   • 1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 763:

     A daily movement of steel across country is another interesting haul over the G.C. route. Semi-finished steel is hauled from Scunthorpe and Consett to South Wales.

References

• “semi-finished”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “semi-finished”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.