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单词 moonset
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moonset

[ moon-set ]
/ ˈmunˌsɛt /

noun

the setting of the moon below the horizon.
the time at which the moon disappears below the horizon.

Origin of moonset

First recorded in 1835–45; moon + (sun)set

Words nearby moonset

moonrise, moonrock, moonroof, moonscape, moonseed, moonset, moonshee, moon shell, moonshine, moonshiner, moonshot
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Example sentences from the Web for moonset

  • Then soon was it midnight, and moonset, as we wended Down to the ship, and the merchant-folks' babble.

    Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough|William Morris
  • There was a growing light in the sky that follows the darkness of moonset and runs before the break of dawn.

    Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter

British Dictionary definitions for moonset

moonset
/ (ˈmuːnˌsɛt) /

noun

the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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