half-moon
nounEtymology From half- + moon.
1
The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
2
Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
3
A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.
4
Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).
- Derived terms
- half-mooned
- Coordinate terms
- crescent, demilune, semicircle