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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

"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

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

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