Definitions for Lune

Lune lune

Spelling: [loon]
IPA: /lun/

Lune is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Lune (elnu).

Definitions for Lune

noun

  1. anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
  2. a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.
  3. a line for securing a hawk.

Origin of Lune

First recorded in 1695-1705, lune is from the Latin word lūna moon

Examples for Lune

In the Vale of the lune the Danes have left numerous traces.

The word lune was anciently written Lone, and the hundred is still named Lonsdale.

The area of a spherical triangle is equal to the area of a lune whose angle is half the triangle's spherical excess.

A very handsome octangular tower exists at Hornby, on the banks of the lune, built about the middle of the sixteenth century.

From the lune valley in the north to the extreme south-east of the county there is only one good natural entrance into Lancashire.

Cotgrave gives: 'Touret, the annulet, or little ring whereby a hawk's lune is fastened unto the jesses.'

Looming on the west are the wild highlands of lune and Stainmore forests.

Indeed, up to 1836, it was the only spire which could be found between the Ribble and the lune.

The fells of Furness look black and bold, and the windings of the lune are clearly traced out.

The artist turns with reluctance from the banks of the lune and the Duddon.

Word Value for Lune
Scrable

4

Words with friends

7

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