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• half-moon
  half-moon

  noun

  the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
• Half Moon
  Half Moon

  noun

  the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.

half-moon

¹ American  

[haf-moon, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈmun, ˈhɑf- /

noun

1. the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.

2. the phase of the moon at this time.

3. something having the shape of a half-moon or crescent.

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Half Moon ² American  

noun

1. the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.

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half-moon British  

noun

1. the moon at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated

2. the time at which a half-moon occurs

3. 1. something shaped like a half-moon

   2. ( as modifier )

      half-moon spectacles

4. anatomy a nontechnical name for lunula

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Etymology

Origin of half-moon

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

Mrs. Hilmer had telephoned the night before an invitation for Helen to join them in a motor trip down the Ocean Shore Boulevard to Half moon Bay and home by way of San Mateo.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

"Half moon, more moons, he shall suffer—half moon, more moons," that is, sooner or later.

From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Butterworth, Hezekiah

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