Crescent
noun
A shape that is curved, thin in the middle, and wider on the ends, like a moon that is not full.
The moon was a thin crescent in the night sky.
Often appears as...
- crescent moon
- crescent shape
adjective
Describes something that has the shape of a crescent.
She wore a crescent shaped necklace.
Often appears as...
- crescent pendant
- crescent-shaped earrings
noun
A symbol used in the flags and coats of arms of some Muslim countries.
The Turkish flag has a star and a crescent on a red background
Often appears as...
- star and crescent
- crescent symbol
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Geographical
noun
A street or part of a town in the shape of a crescent.
We live on a calm crescent with only a few houses.
Often appears as...
- residential crescent
- crescent houses
noun
A shape that is curved, thin in the middle, and wider on the ends, like a moon that is not full.
The moon was a thin crescent in the night sky.
Often appears as...
- crescent moon
- crescent shape
adjective
Describes something that has the shape of a crescent.
She wore a crescent shaped necklace.
Often appears as...
- crescent pendant
- crescent-shaped earrings
noun
A symbol used in the flags and coats of arms of some Muslim countries.
The Turkish flag has a star and a crescent on a red background
Often appears as...
- star and crescent
- crescent symbol
Usage tips
Geographical
noun
A street or part of a town in the shape of a crescent.
We live on a calm crescent with only a few houses.
Often appears as...
- residential crescent
- crescent houses
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Pro Tip 1/3Moon Phases
Crescent often describes the moon's shape when partially visible.
We gazed at the crescent moon, imagining faces in its contours.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Lunar
Objects that mimic the moon's form may also be called crescent.
She cut the melon into crescent pieces for the fruit salad.
Pro Tip 3/3Waxing or Waning
A crescent can denote both the growing and diminishing phases of the moon.
The waxing crescent signaled the beginning of the lunar cycle.
Pro Tip 1/3Moon Phases
Crescent often describes the moon's shape when partially visible.
We gazed at the crescent moon, imagining faces in its contours.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Lunar
Objects that mimic the moon's form may also be called crescent.
She cut the melon into crescent pieces for the fruit salad.
Pro Tip 3/3Waxing or Waning
A crescent can denote both the growing and diminishing phases of the moon.
The waxing crescent signaled the beginning of the lunar cycle.
Pro Tip 1/3Moon Phases
Crescent often describes the moon's shape when partially visible.
We gazed at the crescent moon, imagining faces in its contours.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Lunar
Objects that mimic the moon's form may also be called crescent.
She cut the melon into crescent pieces for the fruit salad.
Pro Tip 3/3Waxing or Waning
A crescent can denote both the growing and diminishing phases of the moon.
The waxing crescent signaled the beginning of the lunar cycle.
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Carolyn Steel: How food...
And more importantly, what are we going to do about it? Well, to answer the slightly easier question first, about 10,000 years ago, I would say, is the beginning of this process in the ancient Near East, known as the Fertile Crescent. Because, as you can see, it was crescent shaped.
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Why we need the...
after we'd finished filming "Wonders of the Solar System." So it isn't in the series. It's of the moon Enceladus. So that big sweeping, white sphere in the corner is Saturn, which is actually in the background of the picture. And that crescent there is the moon Enceladus,
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Why the universe seems...
The beautiful thing is that it moves bodily. It's what's technically known as a "barchan," and the entire dune walks across the desert in a westerly direction at a speed of about 17 meters per year. It retains its crescent shape and moves in the direction of the horns.
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You owe it to yourself...
A total eclipse begins as a partial eclipse, as the moon very slowly makes its way in front of the sun. So first it looked the sun had a little notch in its edge, and then that notch grew larger and larger, turning the sun into a crescent.
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The Key to Media's...
or they could just be two lines intersecting. If we add a crescent moon shape, and a circle with a line on it in front, the two lines now have a context, a relationship to their surroundings, and are magically revealed as the letter T.
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The five major world...
And although most Hindus live in India, they can be found on every continent, one billion strong. Now, let's travel west, across deserts and mountains to the fertile crescent about 4,000 years ago. Judaism began with God calling
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Modern Lives, Ancient...
i arrived to this massive rock in the middle of the desert and this was like a it has the crescent shape of the moon and it was amazing tucked into the base of hatch rock is rockland ranch a community of modern
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
but in this case it was really easy to choose the song. So basically, Baku is this sort of crescent bay overlooking the island of Zira, the island that we are planning -- almost like the diagram of their flag.
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Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
crescent of the moon you know all this gives me over the crest for animals Crepuscule animals should be coming out it's a very good tilt of day and night there should be out ready to either come
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Watch the Total Solar...
amazing it's like it's not it's not normal I'm gonna look up with my approved binoculars right and the true says I'm yeah oh my gosh it looks like a crescent moon but it looks like about
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Carolyn Steel: How food...
And more importantly, what are we going to do about it? Well, to answer the slightly easier question first, about 10,000 years ago, I would say, is the beginning of this process in the ancient Near East, known as the Fertile Crescent. Because, as you can see, it was crescent shaped.
Video examples
Why we need the...
after we'd finished filming "Wonders of the Solar System." So it isn't in the series. It's of the moon Enceladus. So that big sweeping, white sphere in the corner is Saturn, which is actually in the background of the picture. And that crescent there is the moon Enceladus,
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
The beautiful thing is that it moves bodily. It's what's technically known as a "barchan," and the entire dune walks across the desert in a westerly direction at a speed of about 17 meters per year. It retains its crescent shape and moves in the direction of the horns.
Video examples
You owe it to yourself...
A total eclipse begins as a partial eclipse, as the moon very slowly makes its way in front of the sun. So first it looked the sun had a little notch in its edge, and then that notch grew larger and larger, turning the sun into a crescent.
Video examples
The Key to Media's...
or they could just be two lines intersecting. If we add a crescent moon shape, and a circle with a line on it in front, the two lines now have a context, a relationship to their surroundings, and are magically revealed as the letter T.
Video examples
The five major world...
And although most Hindus live in India, they can be found on every continent, one billion strong. Now, let's travel west, across deserts and mountains to the fertile crescent about 4,000 years ago. Judaism began with God calling
Video examples
Modern Lives, Ancient...
i arrived to this massive rock in the middle of the desert and this was like a it has the crescent shape of the moon and it was amazing tucked into the base of hatch rock is rockland ranch a community of modern
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
but in this case it was really easy to choose the song. So basically, Baku is this sort of crescent bay overlooking the island of Zira, the island that we are planning -- almost like the diagram of their flag.
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Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
crescent of the moon you know all this gives me over the crest for animals Crepuscule animals should be coming out it's a very good tilt of day and night there should be out ready to either come
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
amazing it's like it's not it's not normal I'm gonna look up with my approved binoculars right and the true says I'm yeah oh my gosh it looks like a crescent moon but it looks like about
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Luanne Rice
American Novelist
Little Night' has layers of meaning. There's something enchanted about night. All those heavenly bodies, shooting stars, the crescent moon, celestial phenomenon. Owls fly at night, and first kisses happen. Night is romantic. Alternately, darkness hides the worst of human behavior.
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Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
To the Spains will come a very powerful king, by land and sea subjugating the South; This will cause harm, lowering again the crescent, clipping the wings of those of Friday.
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Bettany Hughes
The 'Middle Ages/Dark Ages' were of course no such thing. Achievement in the Arabian crescent was sensational then.
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Graham Joyce
English Writer
I've been a professional writer for 20 years, and there are contours in that time, crescents and troughs.
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Luanne Rice
American Novelist
Little Night' has layers of meaning. There's something enchanted about night. All those heavenly bodies, shooting stars, the crescent moon, celestial phenomenon. Owls fly at night, and first kisses happen. Night is romantic. Alternately, darkness hides the worst of human behavior.
Quote examples
Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
To the Spains will come a very powerful king, by land and sea subjugating the South; This will cause harm, lowering again the crescent, clipping the wings of those of Friday.
Quote examples
Bettany Hughes
The 'Middle Ages/Dark Ages' were of course no such thing. Achievement in the Arabian crescent was sensational then.
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Graham Joyce
English Writer
I've been a professional writer for 20 years, and there are contours in that time, crescents and troughs.
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