crescent
noun
[ ˈkrɛz(ə)nt ]
• the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.
• "the moon was a slender crescent"
• a thing which has the shape of a single curve that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end.
• "a three-mile crescent of golden sand"
Similar:
half-moon,
sickle-shape,
semicircle,
arc,
curve,
bow,
arch,
bend,
crook,
demilune,
lunula,
• a moth or butterfly with crescent-shaped markings on the wings.
crescent
adjective
• having the shape of a crescent.
• "a crescent moon"
• growing, increasing, or developing.
Origin:
late Middle English cressant, from Old French creissant, from Latin crescere ‘grow’. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to the influence of the Latin.
