moon
Pronunciation
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- The moon is the shining white and grey object in the sky at night. It appears to change shape from round (a full moon) to a crescent and back again. It's like a small planet that goes around the Earth.
- Synonym: ☾
- I was able to see the road because there was a full moon that night.
- A moon is a thing like a small planet that goes around another planet.
Verb
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Third-person singular |
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- If you moon someone, you show them your bare buttocks.
- Someone in the car pulled down their pants and mooned us as they drove past.
| The Solar System (edit) | |
|---|---|
| Star | sun |
| Planets | Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune |
| Dwarf planets | Ceres • Orcus • Pluto • Haumea • Quaoar • Makemake • Gonggong • Eris • Sedna |
| Small solar system bodies | asteroid belt • comets • Kuiper belt • meteors • Oort cloud • scattered disc |
| Other | moon • symbols for objects |