crescent
noun
a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
crescents
-
pluralof crescent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
If you think operating the huge drum sander is hard, wait until you start carving crescents in your hardwood using an edger.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 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
There were crescents and quarters, gibbous and full, and they weren’t charms, they were moons—real miniature moons, cratered and luminous, as though lit by the rays of some distant star.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
