crescentcres‧cent /ˈkresənt, ˈkrez-/ noun [countable] 
a small crescent of pastry topped with cheese a crescent moon2the curved shape that is used as a sign of the Muslim religion3a street with a curved shape – often used in the names of streets
WORD ORIGINcrescent
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French creissant, from creistre ‘to grow, increase’, from Latin crescereEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Turn left into Badgerly Crescent.
- A slender new crescent moon lay on its back high in the clear night sky.
- Estate land swings round in a crescent to the east, up to the A19.
- Guy Sterne's magnificent villa stood alone, on its own private crescent of beach.
- He blew through his lips, his eyes were narrowed to crescents.
- Instead, everywhere the eye could see, were tiny glimmering half-moon crescents.
- Saw the white crescent, tipped earthward.
- The moon was a slender crescent, and a few tattered clouds shuffled across the perfect dome of blue-black sky.
- Then he smiled a sunny smile which turned his mouth and eyes to crescents.
Longman Language Activatorin a town
a hard level surface made for cars and other vehicles to travel on: · They're building a new road around the city centre.· I live at 37 King's Road, Birmingham.cross the road: · Before crossing the road, stop, look, and listen.by the side/edge of the road: · Something was lying in the gutter by the side of the road.across/over the road (=on the other side of the road): · A widow lives in the house just across the road.along/down/up the road (=on the same road): · I went to the girls' school down the road.main road (=a large road where there is likely to be a lot of traffic): · They turned left at the gas station, into the busy main road.busy road (=a road where there is a lot of traffic): · It's amazing how many schools front busy roads.
a road in the main part of a town, with houses, shops, or offices and sometimes a path down each side for people to walk on: · There were stores on both sides of the street.· Wall Street is a famous financial center in New York.the streets of London/Paris/Istanbul etc: · Pablo loved wandering through the streets of Barcelona.in/on the streets: · We need more police on the streets.along/down/up the street: · Victoria can't walk down the street without someone recognizing her.live in a streetBritish /on a street American: · She had lived in the same street in London all her life.somebody's street (=the street where someone lives): · Our street was just a row of brick terraced houses.
British /main street American the main street in the middle of a town where most of the shops and offices are: · Our bank used to have a branch in every high street.· The small town of Whitehorse, Alaska consists of a half-mile long main street and a few scattered houses.· Albert Road is just off the High Street.
also back alley American a small street, away from the main streets of a town, where there are no large shops or important buildings: · They went exploring the dark, narrow back alleys of the old part of town.· It took us almost an hour to find her house in a narrow little back street.
a small quiet road away from any main roads: · If the car park's full you might find a space in one of the side streets.
a very narrow street or path between buildings in a town: · A narrow alley led up between the houses to the main street.· Women in white aprons gossiped in the alley between the apartment blocks.
a wide road often with trees along each side of it, especially one that is long and straight - often used in street names: · She lives in a large house on Acacia Avenue.· New York's 5th Avenue· The apartment is located on Jackson Boulevard.· New Delhi, with its elegant wide avenues and impressive government buildings, is a complete contrast with Old Delhi.· There are plans to replace the old highway with a braod tree-lined boulevard.
a street that is closed at one end so there is only one way in and out: · We got to know the neighbors on our cul-de-sac quite well.· Archie lives on a dead end street, so it is very quiet.· Honey, this is a dead end - you'll have to turn around.
a road with houses on it, especially a beautiful one - used in street names: · She was found dead at her home in Maple Drive.
British a road with houses along each side of it and with only one way in or out - used in street names: · Fran lives at 37 Appian Close.
British a street with a curved shape - used in street names: · Turn left into Badgerly Crescent.
WORD SETSAllah, ayatollah, nounBlack Muslim, nouncrescent, noundervish, nounemir, nounfatwa, nounhaj, nounhajji, nounhakim, nounhalal, adjectiveHegira, Hegira calendar, Hejira, imam, nounIslam, nounjihad, nounKoran, the, adjectiveMohammed, nounMoslem, mosque, nounmuezzin, nounmufti, nounmujaheddin, nounmullah, nounMuslim, nounprayer mat, nounpurdah, nounQuran, the, Ramadan, nounSaracen, nounsharia, nounsheikh, nounShia, nounShiite, nounSunni, nounyashmak, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a crescent moonCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a curved shape that is wider in the middle and pointed at the ends: a crescent moon (=with a thin curved shape)· The stars and thin crescent moon gave just enough light to see the path.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· A slender new crescent moon lay on its back high in the clear night sky.· The stars and a thin crescent moon shed just enough light to show where the path led up through the trees.
a small crescent of pastry topped with cheese a crescent moon2the curved shape that is used as a sign of the Muslim religion3a street with a curved shape – often used in the names of streets