semilunar

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adjective

Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.

Similar
crescentcrescent-shapedlunaterounded
OriginEnglish lunar ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi →
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Meanings

adjectivesemilunar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableShaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
nounsemilunar (plural semilunars)

plural semilunars

  1. anatomyThe lunate bone, or semilunar bone.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling the new moon in shape

Similar
crescentcrescent-shapedlunaterounded
Also see
crescentcrescent-shapedlunarlunate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishlunar
  6. Englishsemilunar

From semi- + lunar.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unrealism
Cite this entry
APA

semilunar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semilunar

MLA

“semilunar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semilunar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semilunar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semilunar.

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