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What is "crescent" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does crescent mean in English? Meaning of crescent definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "crescent" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "crescent": any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

Noun

  • Meaning: any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
  • Synonyms: crescent
  • Hypernyms: curve curved shape

    • Meaning of "crescent": resembling the new moon in shape

    Adjective

  • Meaning: resembling the new moon in shape
  • Synonyms: crescent crescent-shaped lunate semilunar
  • Similar: rounded
  • Adjective: The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.Something shaped like a crescent, especially: A curved pastry. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.A curved pastry.A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.(Islam) A representation of the symbol used by Islamic caliphates(New Zealand) A crescent spanner.(historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C to this entry?)(heraldry) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.A crescentspot butterfly.

    • Synonyms:

    bowed, concave, convex, curved, bow-shaped, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, falcate, semicircular, curve, bow, meniscus, sickle, half-moon, hornlike, concave figure, convex figure, cresentoid, demilune, horned moon, lune, new moon, old moon,

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    crescent in English: crescent
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