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Meaning of crescent-shaped | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Having the shape of a crescent, with inner and outer curves of different radii.

Equivalents

Deutsch sichelförmig
Latina corniculans crescentus
Македонски српест

Examples

“[...] it settles the vexed question as to whether Stroudley or R. J. Billinton first introduced crescent-shaped balanceweights into the driving and coupled wheels of L.B. & S.C. locomotives.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

crescent, of a waxing moon crescentiaceous crescential crescentic crescentiform crescentlike

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