Meaning

1 senses
  1. The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.

    Mondsichel

    полумесяцpolumesjac

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The sun and the crescent moon.

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  2. There was a crescent moon that night.

  3. I am stepping on the crescent moon with my feet.

  4. The crescent moon is visible.

  5. The crescent moon still shone as the sun was rising over the skyline in the east.

    deDie Mondsichel schien noch, während die Sonne über dem östlichen Horizont aufging. — Yorwba

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter:

Forms

plural: crescent moons
Singularcrescent moon
Pluralcrescent moons

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgibbous

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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