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The definition of a crescent is a half-moon or arc shape.

(noun)

A curved French croissant is an example of something that is in the shape of a crescent.
A curved moon is an example of a crescent shape.

Crescent is defined as something with a half-moon or arc shape.

(adjective)

The waning moon is an example of something that would be described as a crescent moon.

See crescent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a phase of a planet or a moon, when it appears to have one concave edge and one convex edge; esp., of the moon just after new moon () or just before new moon ()
a figure of or like the moon in either of these phases
anything shaped more or less like this, specif.,
1. a curved roll or bun
2. a residential street or part of a street
Origin: < the Turk crescent emblem
Turkish or Muslim power

Origin: altered (infl. by L) < ME cressaunt < OFr creissant, prp. of creistre, to increase < L crescere, to come forth, grow, inchoative of creare: see create

adjective

Old Poet. increasing; growing
shaped like a crescent

Related Forms:

crescentic adjective

See crescent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
a. A curved pastry.
b. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.

adjective