the point in the middle of a process or the development of something
Example:
- Campaigners argued the plan was a halfway house towards privatization.
something that combines the features of two different things, as a compromise between them
Example:
- It's a sort of halfway house between a large estate car and a full-size four-by-four.
a place where prisoners, patients with mental health problems, etc. can stay for a short time after leaving a prison or hospital, before they start to live on their own again
Example:
- a halfway house for prisoners returning to society