Definition of "crescent" []

• The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points. (noun)
• Something shaped like a crescent, especially: (noun)
• A curved pastry. (noun)
• A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses. (noun)
• Crescent-shaped. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This crescent is significant to Islam and is borne on the state flags and official marquees of Muslim countries from Algeria to Indonesia."
• "Currently, there were thirty-seven red spheres creating a thin crescent that nearly encapsulated the eleven closely packed blue spheres."
• "The word crescent has since been dropped, and I have a hunch he will be tweaking the overall design as well."