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moonbows

moonbows is the plural of moonbow.

Meaning of moonbow

Noun

moonbow (plural moonbows)

  1. 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

Questions about moonbows

What is moonbows the plural of?
Moonbows is the plural of moonbow.

Words near moonbows in the dictionary

  1. moonboots
  2. moonbounce
  3. moonbounces
  4. moonbound
  5. moonbow
  6. moonbows
  7. moonbrain
  8. moonbrains
  9. Moonbria
  10. moonburn
  11. moonburns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moonbows (page history and authors); moonbow (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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