Main entry: Battle of Midway, Midway
Definition: naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
Main entry: midway
Definition: the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
Main entry: center, middle, midway, halfway
Definition: equally distant from the extremes
Definition: at half the distance; at the middle
Usage: he was halfway down the ladder when he fell