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crescent

Pronunciation: [ˈkrɛs.ənt]

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Learn how to use crescent in a sentence: 9 audio examples across 3 meanings.

Context: “shapes”

(noun) a shape that looks like a bright, curved slice of the moon. When the moon is growing and looks like a thin silver smile, it's called a crescent moon.

Example

Last night, I saw a beautiful crescent in the sky.

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The moon wasn't a crescent; it was full and bright.

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Have you ever seen a crescent moon?

Context: “geometry”

(noun) a shape that is like a slice or part of a circle. You can think of it as a moon slice that is curved on one side and flat on the other.

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The baker shaped the dough into a crescent for the croissants.

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He tried to make a crescent out of a square piece of paper, but it didn't work.

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What other shapes can you create besides a crescent?

Context: “appearance”

(adjective) describing something that has the shape of a crescent. It looks like the moon and is often used to describe items that are curved smoothly.

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She wore a crescent-shaped pendant around her neck.

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The necklace was not crescent-shaped; it was a perfect circle.

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What color is the crescent object you found?

How to pronounce crescent

Pronunciation: [ˈkrɛs.ənt]

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