moonbow
/ˈmuːnbəʊ/
moonbow noun: a rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours.
Noun
moonbow (plural moonbows)
- A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours.
- Often rainbows by night or moonbows span the lake.1896, James Wells, Travel-pictures from Palestine, page 94
- Among the rarer optical effects associated with the moon are also moonbows or lunar rainbows.2010, Bernd Brunner, Moon: A Brief History, unnumbered page
- Synonyms:
- lunar rainbow, white rainbow
moonbow meaning in Tamil
moonbow in Tamil
- மதி வானவில்
Synonyms of moonbow
Forms of moonbow
| plural | moonbows |
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Origin of moonbow
From moon + bow, by analogy with rainbow.
Questions about moonbow
- What does moonbow mean?
- Moonbow means a rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours.
- What is moonbow in Tamil?
- Moonbow in Tamil is மதி வானவில். See Moonbow meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is moonbow?
- Moonbow is a noun.
- How do you pronounce moonbow?
- Moonbow is pronounced /ˈmuːnbəʊ/.
- What is the plural of moonbow?
- The plural of moonbow is moonbows.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: moonbow (page history and authors); moonbow (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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