Lunate Definition

lo͝onāt
adjective
Crescent-shaped.
Webster's New World
Shaped like a crescent.
A lunate beak.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Lunate

Noun

Singular:
lunate
Plural:
lunates

Origin of Lunate

  • Latin lūnātus past participle of lūnāre to bend like a crescent from lūna moon leuk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin lunatus (“crescent-shaped"), from luna (“moon").

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

LLULUN

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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lunate

Words Starting With L and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With E