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half-moon
1[ haf-moon, hahf- ]
noun
- the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- the phase of the moon at this time.
- something having the shape of a half-moon or crescent.
Half Moon
2noun
- the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
half-moon
noun
- the moon at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
- the time at which a half-moon occurs
- something shaped like a half-moon
- ( as modifier )
half-moon spectacles
- anatomy a nontechnical name for lunula
Word History and Origins
Origin of half-moon1
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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