semilunar

1. 1.

   resembling the new moon in shape

   Synonymscrescentcrescent-shapedlunate

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Questions about semilunar

What does semilunar mean?

semilunar means "resembling the new moon in shape".

How many syllables are in semilunar?

semilunar has 4 syllables: se-mi-lu-nar. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for semilunar?

Close synonyms include crescent, crescent-shaped, lunate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is semilunar a common word?

semilunar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.