almond crescent
- noun
- /ˈɑlmənd ˈkrɛsənt/
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media luna de almendra
- At the bakery, I bought an almond crescent that was perfectly golden and flaky.
Examples
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You'll feel better. "Here, try one of these almond crescents."
Fiction book (1990) -
"She takes one bite of the almond crescent and throws the rest back into the bag."
Fiction book (1990) -
After dinner, we enjoyed a delicious almond crescent with our coffee.
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For dessert, she served a plate of freshly baked almond crescents.
Synonyms
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A small sweet baked treat made with ground almonds
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Morphology
The phrase 'almond crescent' compositionally denotes a crescent-shaped item made from almonds; a B1 learner who knows 'almond' and 'crescent' can readily infer it refers to a crescent-shaped almond cookie or pastry. This follows a common English modifier+head noun pattern and mirrors cross-linguistic naming of shaped almond pastries, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
The name almond crescent may come from its look and main ingredient. Bakers shaped the dough like a 'small moon' called a crescent and mixed in ground almonds, so the name explains the cookie's shape and nutty taste and now means 'a rich, crescent-shaped cookie made with ground almonds'.