moon
- noun
- /muːn/
- Why the moon changes shape.
- full moon
- moon phase
- new moon
How do pieces of the moon end up on Earth?
- How do pieces of the moon end up on Earth?
- The last time we flew to the moon, I looked like this.
- Punch a punching bag, scream at the moon, break something safely.
- Some say the moon, Why choose this as our goal?
- I mean, we, we landed on the moon, but we didn't stay.
- Ariana Grande, She believes that the moon landing is real.
- What if we're going to make the moon twice as heavy?
Examples
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I was just trying to catch the rising moon.
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The last time we flew to the moon, I looked like this.
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How do pieces of the moon end up on Earth?
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But after three days on the moon, it was time to leave.
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What if we're going to make the moon twice as heavy?
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Put them on the surface of the moon, they will survive.
Academic text (2012) -
We haven't even been back to the moon since the '60s.
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250,000 miles away, where the moon is waiting for man's first arrival.
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They laughed at Louis Armstrong when he said he was gonna go to the moon.
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The astronauts successfully landed on the moon and conducted experiments on its surface.
Synonyms
A natural body that moves around a planet or star, like the Moon
Idioms
- Informal
Tell someone you will do something very big although you cannot do it
Compounds
A full moon that comes soon after the start of autumn and gives extra light for farmers
- Literature
A shape people imagine on the moon's surface that looks like a face
The moon looks red during a total eclipse when it passes into Earth's shadow because Earth's air filters sunlight
- Specialized
A small tree grown for its pretty, deeply cut leaves that turn bright red in autumn
- Specialized
A smooth rounded sea snail shell with a small top often found on sandy beaches
- UK
A small evergreen bush with soft hairy leaves, yellow summer flowers, and snail-shaped seed pods
- Archaic
Poor sight at night in people and animals often caused by lack of vitamin A
- UK
A plant with tall stems, thin leaves, and clusters of small white or pink flowers
- NSFW
A person who secretly brings goods into or out of a country to avoid paying taxes
- UK
A person who brings goods into or out of a country secretly to avoid paying taxes
- Archaic
A curved part of a fort wall shaped like a half moon for defenders to fire on attackers
A time when the Moon looks like a thin crescent at the start of a new moon cycle
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Moon comes from old English mōna, the name for the round light in the sky, and people once used the moon to 'measure' time — that is why the word is linked to month.