1
: the moon when half its disk appears illuminated
2
: something shaped like a crescent
3
: the lunule of a fingernail
half-moon
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Dishes play off of each other in delightful ways, like the translucent half-moon of shrimp carpaccio, topped with shavings of sea bream bottarga and dancing in a bergamot and almond oil dressing.
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
Some interlopers even made the treacherous journey around the rocky headland that flanks the resort’s half-moon bay to steal onto set.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
The dancers perform their duet on an elevated half-moon platform that frames the musicians.
—Sean Erwin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen painted a black half-moon at the base of the nail and a diffused airbrush effect on the tip against a dark neon pink base.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
Some interlopers even made the treacherous journey around the rocky headland that flanks the resort’s half-moon bay to steal onto set.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
The dancers perform their duet on an elevated half-moon platform that frames the musicians.
—Sean Erwin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen painted a black half-moon at the base of the nail and a diffused airbrush effect on the tip against a dark neon pink base.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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