noun Download 🔗Share A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. Examples : "Sunlight streamed through the lunettes in the library's vaulted ceiling, creating bright, crescent-shaped patches on the floor. " architecture part building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. Examples : "The artist painted a mural that flowed into the lunettes above the chapel doors, depicting scenes from the life of Saint Francis. " architecture part building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An image or other representation of a crescent moon. Examples : "The antique clock was decorated with delicate silver lunettes along its top edge, representing phases of the moon. " astronomy appearance art 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 attacking army paused before the main walls, first having to overcome the series of lunettes that jutted out from the fort, creating a deadly crossfire zone. " military architecture 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 within the lunettes of the monstrance, ready for adoration. " religion theology ritual Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of flattened glass used in watch-making. Examples : "The watchmaker carefully inspected the newly installed lunettes on the vintage watch crystal, ensuring they were perfectly fitted and free of imperfections. " 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 adjusted the victim's head so that their neck fit snugly within the lunettes of the guillotine. " part machine weapon history law government 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 : "The geologist pointed to the crescent-shaped lunettes rising along the lakebed, a common feature in the dry Australian outback. " geology environment geography nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge. Examples : "The worn horseshoe had broken in half, leaving only a rounded lunettes of metal nailed to the stable door. " part anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse. Examples : "The handler carefully fitted the lunettes onto the horse's bridle, hoping to calm its fiery temperament during the training session. " animal wear item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. Examples : "The gun carriage rested securely on its lunettes, preventing the wooden stock from splitting under the cannon's recoil. " military weapon part machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) See lunettes. Examples : "My grandmother wears stylish lunettes for reading her favorite books. " wear appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A particular kind of spectacles/glasses, consisting of two circles lenses connected by a half-circle bridge over the nose. Examples : "My grandmother always wears her small, round lunettes when she reads the newspaper. " appearance wear body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading