Adjective: crescent kre-sunt
- Resembling the new moon in shape
"The crescent-shaped pastry was a local delicacy";
- crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate, lunar
- Any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
"The pastry chef arranged the croissants in a crescent on the platter"
Derived forms: crescents
See also: rounded
Type of: curve, curved shape
Encyclopedia: Crescent, Oregon