Lunate

noun

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounA small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period

2.nounThe lunate bone

3.adjectiveShaped like a crescent.

"a lunate beak"

Synonyms

semilunar crescent-shaped crescent rounded bicephalous aperture dislocated lunar lunated semilunate sublunate menisciform

Rhymes With

afternoon eight knew nate soon ate

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