half moon
/ˈhæfˌmun/
noun
- The phase of the moon when only half of its visible side is lit, appearing as a semicircle.
- We could see the half-moon through the telescope.
- A bright half-moon hung in the clear night sky.
- The half-moon rises around noon and sets around midnight.
- Something shaped like a half circle or crescent.
- The table was arranged in a half-moon formation.
- The garden had a half-moon flower bed along the wall.
- She wore a delicate half-moon pendant around her neck.
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