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▸ 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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crescent-shaped,
semilunar,
lunate,
rounded,
bicephalous,
horned,
lune,
pericynthion,
moonset,
lunar phase,
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