noun Download 🔗Share A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. Examples : "Sunlight streamed through the lunette above the church door, illuminating the mosaic with a soft glow. " architecture building part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. Examples : "Above the bakery's front door, a colorful stained-glass window filled the lunette, depicting loaves of bread and croissants. " architecture building art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An image or other representation of a crescent moon. Examples : "The stained-glass window above the church door featured a beautiful lunette of a silver crescent moon against a deep blue sky. " art astronomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks. Examples : "The defenders built a small lunette outside the main fort, a wedge-shaped earthwork designed to slow the enemy's advance. " architecture military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. Examples : "The priest carefully placed the consecrated host into the lunette before inserting it into the monstrance for adoration. " religion ritual theology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of flattened glass used in watch-making. Examples : "The watchmaker carefully polished the lunette to remove any scratches before fitting it onto the watch face. " material technical device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed. Examples : "The executioner carefully inspected the lunette of the guillotine, ensuring it was clean and ready before the prisoner was brought forward. " weapon machine part war inhuman history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia. Examples : "Walking along the dried-up lakebed in the Australian outback, we saw a crescent-shaped lunette formed by the windblown sand. " geology geography environment nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge. Examples : "The older toilet seat was missing part of its shape; instead of a complete horseshoe, it was just a lunette, offering less support. " architecture part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse. Examples : "The farmer placed a lunette over the wild horse's eye to protect the vet during the examination. " animal utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. Examples : "The heavy artillery piece rolled easily thanks to the lunette at the end of its carriage, which helped it pivot smoothly. " military weapon machine technical part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) See lunettes. Examples : "My grandmother always called her eyeglasses "lunettes." " architecture art part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading