Usually means: Curved shape, less than half.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. Crescent, crescent: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. crescent, the Crescent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Crescent, crescent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crescent, the crescent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crescent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Crescent, crescent: Wordnik
  7. crescent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. crescent: Wiktionary
  9. crescent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. crescent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. crescent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. crescent: Dictionary.com
  13. crescent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. crescent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Crescent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. crescent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. crescent: Rhymezone
  19. crescent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. crescent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. crescent: Free Dictionary
  22. crescent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Crescent, The Crescent: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. Crescent: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Crescent, crescent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. The Crescent, crescent: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Crescent: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. crescent: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Crescent: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See crescentic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
noun:  Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
noun:  A curved pastry.
noun:  A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
noun:  (Islam) A representation of a crescent, used as a symbol of Islam.
noun:  (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
noun:  (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
noun:  (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
noun:  A crescentspot butterfly.
adjective:  (dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
adjective:  Shaped like a crescent.
verb:  (transitive) To form a crescent shape
verb:  (transitive) To decorate with crescents.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A census-designated place in McIntosh County, Georgia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho.
noun:  A township in Iroquois County, Illinois.
noun:  A minor city and township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
noun:  A hamlet in the town of Halfmoon, Saratoga County, New York.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Rowan County, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
noun:  A city in Logan County, Oklahoma.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.
noun:  A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
noun:  A town in Oneida County, Wisconsin.
noun:  An unincorporated community in the town of Arthur, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

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