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lunate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈluːneɪt/

Definition of lunate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Shaped like a crescent.
    “a lunate beak”
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adj

  1. Shaped like a crescent.
    “a lunate beak”

noun

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

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Etymology

First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Anagrams of lunate

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6 words

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23 words

3-letter words

25 words

2-letter words

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