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Meaning of "crescent-shaped" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRESCENT-SHAPED

crescent-shaped  [ˈkrɛs əntʃeɪpt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRESCENT-SHAPED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crescent-Shaped is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CRESCENT-SHAPED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of crescent-shaped in the English dictionary

The definition of crescent-shaped in the dictionary is having the shape of, or resembling, a crescent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRESCENT-SHAPED


almond-shaped
ˈɑːməndˌʃeɪpt
barrel-shaped
ˈbærəlˌʃeɪpt
bell-shaped
ˈbɛlˌʃeɪpt
boat-shaped
ˈbəʊtˌʃeɪpt
brickshaped
ˈbrɪkˌʃeɪpt
cigar-shaped
sɪˈɡɑːˌʃeɪpt
diamond-shaped
ˈdaɪəməndˌʃeɪpt
egg-shaped
ˈɛɡʃeɪpt
fan-shaped
ˈfænˌʃeɪpt
gourd-shaped
ˈɡʊədˌʃeɪpt
heart-shaped
ˈhɑːtʃeɪpt
L-shaped
ˈɛlʃeɪpt
O-shaped
ˈəʊˌʃeɪpt
onion-shaped
ˈʌnjənˌʃeɪpt
oval-shaped
ˈəʊvəlˌʃeɪpt
pear-shaped
ˈpɛəʃeɪpt
T-shaped
ˈtiːˌʃeɪpt
U-shaped
ˈjuːˌʃeɪpt
V-shaped
ˈviːˌʃeɪpt
wedge-shaped
ˈwɛdʒʃeɪpt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRESCENT-SHAPED

cresc
crescendi
crescendo
crescent
crescent moon
crescent roll
crescentade
crescentic
crescive
crescively
crescograph
cresol
cress
Cressent
cresset
Cressid
Cressida
Cressy
crest
cresta run

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRESCENT-SHAPED

caped
cropped
developed
dropped
equipped
escaped
go pear-shaped
heaped
kidney-shaped
landscaped
shipped
stepped
stopped
striped
swapped
to go pear-shaped
unreaped
unsoaped
well-shaped
wrapped

Synonyms and antonyms of crescent-shaped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crescent-shaped» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRESCENT-SHAPED

Find out the translation of crescent-shaped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crescent-shaped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crescent-shaped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

新月形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en forma de media luna
570 millions of speakers

English

crescent-shaped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वर्धमान के आकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

، على شكل هلال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в форме полумесяца
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em forma de meia-lua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধচন্দ্রাকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en forme de croissant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbentuk sabit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sichelförmigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

三日月形の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초승달 모양의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shaped sabuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lưỡi liềm hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிறை வடிவ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चंद्रकोर-आकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hilal şekilli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a forma di mezzaluna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w kształcie półksiężyca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

у формі півмісяця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în formă de semilună
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημισελήνου σχήμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

halfmaanvormige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvmåneformade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halvmåneformet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crescent-shaped

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRESCENT-SHAPED»

The term «crescent-shaped» is regularly used and occupies the 105.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRESCENT-SHAPED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crescent-shaped

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRESCENT-SHAPED»

Discover the use of crescent-shaped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crescent-shaped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Saharan Rock Art: Archaeology of Tassilian Pastoralist ...
Its horns are crescent shaped, oriented downward, and have forward—pointing tips. Sheep 370, at the top, is suggested by the mere representation of its head. Its horns are crescent shaped, oriented downward, and have forward-pointing tips.
Augustin F. C. Holl, 2004
2
Semantics : A Reader: A Reader
To depict the set A as a subset of B, one shades in the left-hand crescent-shaped cell, as shown in Figure 8.2. We shall now state three facts about the subset relation, two of which we shall elucidate with Venn diagrams. First, if one set is a  ...
Steven Davis Professor of Philosophy and and Director of the Centre on Values andf Ethics Carleton University, Brendan S. Gillon Associate Professor of Linguistics McGill University, 2004
3
Palaeolithic Sites of Crimea 3.2: KABAZI V: ...
Crescent shaped bifacial scrapers are dominant among bifacial scrapers in both the aforementioned levels (Table 7-17), and either semi-crescent (N=3), sub- crescent (N=16) or crescent (N=4). Semi-crescent scrapers (Fig. 7-24, 2) were ...
Victor Chabai, Jürgen Richter, Thorsten Uthmeier
4
Moon-o-theism, Volume II of II
The above data indicate that even though several sets of similar-looking crescent - shaped letters caused endless confusion, they were pressed into service for Allah the moon-god anyway. Ibn Rawandi wrote about the unpointed text of early  ...
Yoel Natan, 2006
5
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology
Making a crescent-shaped ice cube involves running water over an evaporator plate in which the copper evaporator tubing is soldered onto the plates at regular intervals. Figure 27-19 shows two stainless steel evaporator plates and ...
William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, 2005
6
The Chambers Dictionary
adj lump enly [From Ger Lumpen a rag] luna loS'ns, n a N American moth (Aclias luna). with crescent-shaped markings on its blue-green, yellow and black wings. — Also luna moth. [L luna moon] lunacy ldd'n&-si, n a form of insanity once ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
7
From Middle Ages to Colonial Times
The described forms have the following chronology: oval, crescent-shaped with wick ledge, crescent-shaped with ledge and ridge, crescent- shaped with ridge, oval and crescent-shaped without ledge or ridge. The four fragments from the ...
8
Louisville's Crescent Hill
The second asserts that Catherine Anderson Kennedy, a resident, noted a Crescent-shaped reservoir or lake from a hill in the parkland in the water company property off of Frankfort Avenue. This is plausible since the Kennedy family was ...
John E. Findling, 2012
9
Development of the Visual System
Importantly, FoxE4-like Rx is also expressed in a single, progressively more crescent-shaped field (fig. 1E, F). During neurulation, the migration of the prechordal mesoderm under the anterior neuroectoderm mediates the inactiva- tion of Rx ...
S.P. Bhat, 2004
10
Rotator Cuff Disorders: Basic Science & Clinical Medicine
In summary, characteristics of each rotator cuff tear at surgerymay be recorded as follows: (1) classification ofthe tear by shape as either a crescent-shaped tear or a U-shaped tear (Burkhart 2000); (2) the number of tendons involved; and (3) by  ...
Nicola Maffulli, John P. Furia, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRESCENT-SHAPED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crescent-shaped is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sea Horse's Tail Could Inspire Future Armored Robots
In place of the L-shaped corner plates that overlapped to form the boxy cross section, they built crescent-shaped plates that overlapped to form ... «Sci-Tech Today, Jul 15»
2
Rugby World Cup arrives in Cornwall
The entire body of the Five Islands' School turned out in the school amphitheatre, forming a crescent-shaped backdrop to the gleaming golden ... «The Cornishman, Jul 15»
3
Hidden Japan: Atlantan Walks Small Villages Beyond Tokyo's Glitter
There was a crescent-shaped, white-sand beach close to the harbor that was completely unoccupied on a Sunday afternoon. I spoke to three ... «GlobalAtlanta, Jul 15»
4
Hip To Be Square: Seahorse Tails Could Inspire Surgical Robots
... Porter and a team at Clemson 3D printed two sea horse models: one made with box-like plates, and the other with rounded, crescent-shaped ... «Med Device Online, Jul 15»
5
Developers of Raleigh hotel prep for next Hillsborough St. project …
The curved, crescent-shaped Studio 1912 building has been designed to maximize use of the small site, currently a surface parking lot at 1912 ... «Triangle Business Journal, Jul 15»
6
Mary's a national treasure
Using sharp kitchen scissors, cut off and discard the crescent-shaped muscle on the side of the white body of the scallop. Large scallops cook ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
7
Romantic Getaway: Long Weekend in San Juan
But if you have rented a car and want to explore some local beaches, a lovely spot to spend a few hours is Luquillo, a crescent-shaped, ... «Fodor's Travel, Jul 15»
8
Funerals in Charleston for slain members of black church
A search of Roof's vehicle turned up six crescent-shaped, 40-round magazines in the trunk. Police say he used a.45-caliber semi-automatic ... «Thrasher Backer, Jul 15»
9
Thousands of moon bears are milked for their bile in Asia
The bile-harvesting industry in Asia targets Asiatic black bears, also called moon bears because of the white crescent-shaped mark on their ... «The News Hub, Jul 15»
10
Making the Past Present: Inside the Parmigiani Manufacture
Time is displayed in a crescent-shaped, mother-of-pearl window at the top of the dial with minutes shown on a 5-minute- interval scale. «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»

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