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half-moon

noun

Etymology

From half- + moon.

  1. inherited from *mḗh₁n̥s✻ — “moon; month”
  2. inherited from *mēnô✻ — “moon”
  3. inherited from *mānō✻
  4. inherited from mōna — “moon”
  5. inherited from mon
  6. prefixed as half-moon — “half + moon”

Definitions

  1. The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated

    The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.

  2. Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.

  3. A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).

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