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crescent-shaped

crescent-shaped adjective: having the shape of a crescent, with inner and outer curves of different radii.

Adjective

crescent-shaped (comparative more crescent-shaped, superlative most crescent-shaped)

  1. Having the shape of a crescent, with inner and outer curves of different radii.
    • [...] it settles the vexed question as to whether Stroudley or R. J. Billinton first introduced crescent-shaped balanceweights into the driving and coupled wheels of L.B. & S.C. locomotives.1940 December, “Notes and News: Stroudley Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 666
    Synonyms:
    crescent

crescent-shaped meaning in Tamil

crescent-shaped in Tamil

வளரித்தடி

Synonyms of crescent-shaped

Forms of crescent-shaped

comparativemore crescent-shaped
superlativemost crescent-shaped

Questions about crescent-shaped

What does crescent-shaped mean?
Crescent-shaped means having the shape of a crescent, with inner and outer curves of different radii.
What is crescent-shaped in Tamil?
Crescent-shaped in Tamil is வளரித்தடி. See Crescent-shaped meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crescent-shaped?
Crescent-shaped is an adjective.

Words near crescent-shaped in the dictionary

  1. crescent spanner
  2. crescent spanners
  3. Crescent Springs
  4. Crescent Valley
  5. crescent wrench
  6. crescent-shaped
  7. crescentade
  8. crescentader
  9. crescentaders
  10. crescentades
  11. crescentchest

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