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three-quarter moons

three-quarter moons is the plural of three-quarter moon.

Meaning of three-quarter moon

Noun

three-quarter moon (plural three-quarter moons)

  1. The phase where the moon is three-fourths of the way through its cycle from one new moon to the next.
    • The ten minutes of tropical twilight brought its quick melancholy and then the stars and the three-quarter moon blazed down and the sea died to a whisper.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 185

Questions about three-quarter moons

What is three-quarter moons the plural of?
Three-quarter moons is the plural of three-quarter moon.

Words near three-quarter moons in the dictionary

  1. three-quarter brother
  2. three-quarter brothers
  3. three-quarter coat
  4. three-quarter coats
  5. three-quarter moon
  6. three-quarter moons
  7. three-quarter sibling
  8. three-quarter siblings
  9. three-quarter sister
  10. three-quarter sisters
  11. three-quarter time

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