Definition of Crescent

a thick arched shape

Examples of Crescent in a sentence

The white crescent figure on the lower part of a person’s fingernails is sometimes a small curved symbol showing a medical problem.  🔊

Character was added to the house when the owners cut a crescent window creating a slight arch above the doorway.  🔊

“Why does the desert,” the child pointed to the crescent figures in the sand, “have those curved dunes in them?”  🔊

While looking into the night sky, the children noticed the crescent moon but only for an instant since it was just a sliver in the sky.  🔊

Many outhouses have a crescent shape carved into the door so that illiterate men would know that the symbol stood for a moon representing men.  🔊

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