demilune

Meaning of demilune

noun
  1. A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin.
  2. A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

adjective

(of furniture) In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.

Information about demilune

  • The plural form of demilune is: demilunes.
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Hyphenation of demilune

de-milune

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • demilune is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with demilune

Lune, lune, Clune, perilune, plenilune, semilune, apolune

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