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moon-rise

moon-rise is the alternative form of moonrise.

Meaning of moonrise

Noun

moonrise (countable and uncountable, plural moonrises)

  1. The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
    • Venus now re-assembles her Choirs of Virgins at Moon-rise, and leads the Ball.1742, Matthew Towers, transl., The Lyric Pieces of Horace, Dublin, Volume I, Ode III, p. 17
    Synonyms:
    moonup
    Antonyms:
    moonset

Forms of moon-rise

pluralmoon-rises

Questions about moon-rise

What is moon-rise the alternative form of?
Moon-rise is the alternative form of moonrise.

Words near moon-rise in the dictionary

  1. moon-phase
  2. moon-pool
  3. moon-pools
  4. moon-quake
  5. moon-quakes
  6. moon-rise
  7. moon-rises
  8. moon-set
  9. moon-sets
  10. moon-shine
  11. moon-shines

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