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lunate

/ˈluːneɪt/

lunate adjective: shaped like a crescent.

lunate: shaped like a crescent
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Adjective

lunate (comparative more lunate, superlative most lunate)

  1. Shaped like a crescent.
    • a lunate beak

Noun

lunate (plural lunates)

  1. A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
  2. The lunate bone.

lunate meaning in Tamil

lunate in Tamil

மதியன்ன, பிறைவடிவான

Forms of lunate

Adjective
comparativemore lunate
superlativemost lunate
Noun
plurallunates

Origin of lunate

First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from lunate

Phrases with lunate

Questions about lunate

What does lunate mean?
Lunate means shaped like a crescent.
What is lunate in Tamil?
Lunate in Tamil is மதியன்ன, பிறைவடிவான. See Lunate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lunate?
Lunate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce lunate?
Lunate is pronounced /ˈluːneɪt/.

Words near lunate in the dictionary

  1. lunarscapes
  2. lunary
  3. lunas
  4. lunasin
  5. lunasins
  6. lunate
  7. lunate bone
  8. lunate bones
  9. lunate sigma
  10. lunate sigmas
  11. lunatectomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lunate (page history and authors); lunate (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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