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half-moon

[haf-moon, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈmun, ˈhɑf- /






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The Moon will be in a waxing gibbous phase – going from half moon to full moon.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

They're getting the perfect half moon of onion, but then you get all the weird butts of onion and the next day boiled potatoes, and this and that.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

The trick is the half moon, named for the arc the board makes in the sky, and it’s one that Dooling, 30, has shown other women how to master.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2023

One time we found a half moon variegated ficus and I screamed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2021

July 20: The sea is like unrolled velvet under the half moon.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos




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