moon
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Sense 1
- noun
- A1
The bright round body that goes around the Earth and can be seen at night, or a similar body going around another planet.
Tonight the moon is only a thin curved line of light.
Astronauts first walked on the moon more than fifty years ago.
Jupiter has dozens of moons, and some of them are icy.
We could read the map by the light of the moon.
Common collocations: full moon · new moon · crescent moon · land on the moon · the light of the moon · the moon rises · half moon
Part of: Space
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
An old-fashioned or literary way of saying "a month", used almost only in the phrase "many moons ago", meaning a long time ago.
Many moons ago, this town was just a handful of farms.
It's been many moons since we last spoke.
Common collocations: many moons ago
Part of: Frequency and duration, Times of day
Forms
- plural
- moons