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1. crescent
noun. ['ˈkrɛsənt'] any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters.
Synonyms
Etymology
- crescens (Latin)
- cresco (Latin)
Rhymes with Crescent
- antidepressant
- incandescent
- convalescent
- obsolescent
- luminescent
- suppressant
- iridescent
- fluorescent
- evanescent
- effervescent
- depressant
- adolescent
- quiescent
- incessant
- bessent
How do you pronounce crescent?
Pronounce crescent as ˈkrɛsənt.
US - How to pronounce crescent in American English
UK - How to pronounce crescent in British English
How do you spell crescent? Is it cresent ?
A common misspelling of crescent is cresent
Sentences with crescent
1. Noun, singular or mass
Cut four long crescent or football shapes from the dark green felt using sharp shears.
Quotes about crescent
1. When hope is fleeting, stop for a moment and visualize, in a sky of silver, the crescent of a lavender moon. Imagine it -- delicate, slim, precise, like a paper-thin slice from a cabochon jewel.It may not be very useful, but it is beautiful.And sometimes it is enough.
- Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
2. The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in the morning after its troublesome absence at night were noted by people around the world; these phenomena spoke to our ancestors of the possibility of surviving death. Up there in the skies was also a metaphor of immortality.
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
2. crescent-cell_anemia
noun. a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape.
3. crescent-shaped
adjective. resembling the new moon in shape.
