"young moon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: young moons [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yong mone. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yong mone}} Middle English yong mone Head templates: {{en-noun}} young moon (plural young moons)
  1. The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon. Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-young_moon-en-noun-T6DwHs1n Disambiguation of Calendar: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 38
  2. The moon when it is waxing. Categories (topical): Calendar Related terms: waxing moon
    Sense id: en-young_moon-en-noun-7V~39eM8 Disambiguation of Calendar: 46 54 Categories (other): Undetermined quotations with omitted translation

Inflected forms

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