Definitions for half-moon

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Spelling: [haf-moon, hahf-]
IPA: /ˈhæfˈmun, ˈhɑf-/

Half-Moon is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in half-moon (-afhlmnoo).

Definitions for half-moon

noun

  1. the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
  2. the phase of the moon at this time.
  3. something having the shape of a half-moon or crescent.
  4. the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.

Origin of half-moon

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425

Examples for half-moon

The shield is circular, with a half-moon cut out at the bottom.

Grant saw that this half-moon was the key of the Confederate position.

A half-moon shone in the sky between the rifts of hurrying clouds.

Some have perforations in the shape of a half-moon (fig. 250).

They called the half-moon a bird on account of its spreading sails.

The cross and the half-moon were fighting furiously for the upper hand in Spain.

A half-moon in the sky showed her that the distance down was too far to jump.

Adam is either the half-moon or the familiar man in the moon.

He was now waiting in his rooms at half-moon Street for the boy's arrival.

Guan Yu had a knife shaped like a half-moon which was called the Green Dragon.

Word Value for half-moon
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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