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moon

  • noun
  • /muːn/

Any natural satellite of a .

Example

“The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.”

Other meanings

  1. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

    “The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.”

  2. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.

Example sentences

  • “Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

  • “There was a nice day moon today.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Where does the moon hide its light?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "mōna".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “moon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.