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half-moon

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

half-moon: the moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon
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Noun

half-moon (plural half-moons)

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

half-moon meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Tagalog and Arabic

half-moon in Tamil

அரை மதி

half-moon in Telugu

the moon in its first or last quarter
చంద్రవంక candravaṅka

half-moon in Tagalog

the moon in its first or last quarter
kalahatian-ng-buwan, medya luna

half-moon in Arabic

the moon in its first or last quarter
تَرْبِيع tarbīʕ
More languagesFewer languages
half-moon in Persian
چارک čârak, نیمماه nimmâh, نیمپری nimporri, نیمبرید nimborid
half-moon in Myanmar
လခြမ်း la.hkram:

Synonyms of half-moon

Forms of half-moon

pluralhalf-moons
alternative formhalfmoon
alternative formhalf moon

Origin of half-moon

From half- + moon.

Words formed from half-moon

Questions about half-moon

What does half-moon mean?
Half-moon means the moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
What is half-moon in Tamil?
Half-moon in Tamil is அரை மதி. See Half-moon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is half-moon?
Half-moon is a noun.
What is the plural of half-moon?
The plural of half-moon is half-moons.

Words near half-moon in the dictionary

  1. half-metallic
  2. half-metallicity
  3. half-metals
  4. half-mile
  5. half-monthly
  6. half-moon
  7. half-mooned
  8. half-moons
  9. half-mourning
  10. half-naked
  11. half-natural

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Adapted from Wiktionary: half-moon (page history and authors); half-moon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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