English-Thai Dictionary
half-moon
N พระจันทร์ครึ่งซีก สิ่ง ที่ มี รูปร่าง คล้าย พระจันทร์ครึ่งซีก
half-moon
N พระจันทร์ ครึ่ง ดวง พระจันทร์ ครึ่ง วง pra-jan-krueng-duang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HALF-MOON
n.The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 1. Any thing in the shape of a half-moon. In fortification, an outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle, whose gorge is in the form of a crescent or half-moon.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HALF-MOON
HALF-MOON Half "-moon `, n.
1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. Milton.
3. (Fort. )
Defn: An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Cæsiosoma Californiense ). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
New American Oxford Dictionary
half-moon
half-moon |ˈhæf ˌmun | ▶noun the moon when only half of its illuminated surface is visible from the earth; the first or last quarter. • the time when this occurs. • a semicircular or crescent-shaped object: [ as modifier ] : half-moon spectacles.
Oxford Dictionary
half-moon
half-moon ▶noun the phase of the moon when only half its illuminated surface is visible from the earth; the first or last quarter. • the time when a half-moon occurs. • a semicircular or crescent-shaped object: [ as modifier ] : half-moon spectacles.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
half-moon
h à lf-m ó on 名詞 C 〘天 〙半月 (形のもの )(→new moon , moon ).
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