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View synonyms for half-moon

half-moon

1

[ haf-moon, hahf- ]

noun

  1. the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
  2. the phase of the moon at this time.
  3. something having the shape of a half-moon or crescent.


Half Moon

2

noun

  1. the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.

half-moon

noun

  1. the moon at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
  2. the time at which a half-moon occurs
    1. something shaped like a half-moon
    2. ( as modifier )

      half-moon spectacles

  3. See lunula
    anatomy a nontechnical name for lunula


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Word History and Origins

Origin of half-moon1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

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Example Sentences

I remembered that this was the same body of water into which Henry Hudson had sailed the Half Moon in 1609.

Her masterpiece half-moon-shaped desk is still cherished today.

A cross–some conglomerate of a cross, a star of David, and you know, a Muslim half moon [sic] and star?

Then, as he looked about him, stiff with cold, he noticed that a half-moon had sailed up above the peaks.

It was nearly midnight when the boys came over the hill, and the half-moon was just sinking out of sight.

Across the half-moon of beach towered another cliff, and, behind this, I saw a column of smoke rising in the still air.

A half-moon battery of three guns once defended the Tower and commanded the outer ward, but it has now been removed.

The half-moon was bright in an unclouded sky, and it showed me tears on Margaret's cheeks, as I bent to clasp and kiss her hand.

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