1. (geometry) a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles
   "The area of the lune was calculated as part of the geometry problem"
    
2. A crescent-shaped figure formed by two intersecting arcs
   "The mathematician calculated the area of the lune"
    
3. Anything in the shape of a half moon or crescent
   "The lune-shaped pastry was filled with chocolate"
    
4. [archaic] A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy
   "He was subject to occasional lunes that worried his family"

Sounds like: lumber, lumlune

Derived forms: lunes

Encyclopedia: Lune