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Definition of half-moon in English English dictionary
- anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail
- the moon, in its first or last quarter, when only half the face is illuminated
- the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail the time at which the moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
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- {n} the moon at the quarters or half full, an outwork with two faces, and a gorge, in form of a crescent
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- A lunar phase when the moon looks like a half circle
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- The phase of the Moon also known as the quarter moon, first quarter moon, or last quarter moon (Back To Top) I
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- First-quarter or third-quarter phase, when half of the moon is illuminated
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- moon when it is halfway through its cycle and is seen as a half circle
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- the shape of the moon when only half of it is showing full moon, new moon
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- (also called quarter moon) when we can see one half of the moon's disk (this is one-quarter of the entire moon's surface)
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- An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; now called a ravelin
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- Called also medialuna
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- The shape of a half-moon; a crescent
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- The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated
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- The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below
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- A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Cæsiosoma Californiense)
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