Question

crescent The symbol of Islam is a crescent moon with a star between the points, an astronomical impossibility. ˈkrɛsənt

Accepted Answer

(1) The moon between the new moon and first quarter, and between the last quarter and the next new moon. (2) Anything shaped like the crescent moon. Crescent means basically “growing,” since a crescent moon is in the process of “growing” to a full moon. A crescent wrench, with its open end (unlike the kind of wrench that has an almost circular end), can be found in almost any household. A croissant, or crescent pastry, is a breakfast staple. The curving region called the Fertile Crescent, which stretches from the Persian Gulf up through Iraq, across to Lebanon and Israel, and down into Egypt's Nile River valley, was the birthplace of civilization, where weaving, pottery, domesticated livestock, irrigation farming, and writing all first appeared

word	crescent
definition	(1) The moon between the new moon and first quarter, and between the last quarter and the next new moon. (2) Anything shaped like the crescent moon.
eg_sentence	The symbol of Islam is a crescent moon with a star between the points, an astronomical impossibility.
explanation	Crescent means basically “growing,” since a crescent moon is in the process of “growing” to a full moon. A crescent wrench, with its open end (unlike the kind of wrench that has an almost circular end), can be found in almost any household. A croissant, or crescent pastry, is a breakfast staple. The curving region called the Fertile Crescent, which stretches from the Persian Gulf up through Iraq, across to Lebanon and Israel, and down into Egypt's Nile River valley, was the birthplace of civilization, where weaving, pottery, domesticated livestock, irrigation farming, and writing all first appeared
IPA	ˈkrɛsənt

Crescent Moon Quarter Shaped Symbol Islam Star Points