crescent
noun
a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
crescents
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pluralof crescent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Another new feature are the crescents or arcs of emission inside the necklace but just outside the dense inner area that looks a little like a keyhole.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
Inside Jimi, normally pliable, disc-shaped red blood cells deformed into rigid crescents.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
Small imprints of crosses and crescents line the top of its bricks, a nod by its Muslim architect to the closeness of Islam and Christianity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
Like every sickle cell patient, Helen had a mutation in a gene that turned her red blood cells into rigid crescents instead of soft disks.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
Her fingernails cut little crescents into the apple as she turned it.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
