half-circle

noun

1. 1. one half of a circle
   2. half the circumference of a circle
2. anything having the shape or form of half a circle

Example Sentences

The half-circle of bread gets squeezed open to become a pocket like a huge, spongy pita.

From The Daily Beast

In a half-circle around a blazing campfire, the women shake rattles in creepy unison.

From The Daily Beast

A great throng of people were gathered around it in a half-circle, their backs to the open glade, their faces towards the oak.

From Project Gutenberg

The ambulance was hurriedly driven into the center of the heavier wagons, which formed in a rude half circle.

From Project Gutenberg

Here a brigade was in a half-circle with a concave side to the enemy; another presented a convex front to attack.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the four superb arches which once supported the great central tower, two are the half-circle and two are slightly pointed.

From Project Gutenberg

He whirled up the great half circle to the crest far to the east of the cottage, and muffled the engine at the highest point.

From Project Gutenberg