Crossword clues for lunate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"na*ted\, a. [L. lunatus
crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr.
luna the moon.]
Crescent-shaped; resembling the crescent moon; as, a lunate
leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross.
--Gray.
Syn: lunular, bicephalous, crescent(prenominal), crescent-shaped.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"crescent-shaped," 1777, from Latin lunatus, from luna (see Luna).
Wiktionary
a. Shaped like a crescent. n. (context archaeology English) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
WordNet
adj. resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar]
Wikipedia
Lunate is a crescent or moon-shaped microlith. In the specialized terminology of lithic reduction, a lunate flake is a small, crescent-shaped flake removed from a stone tool during the process of pressure flaking.
In the Natufian period, a lunate was a small crescent-shaped stone tool that was sometimes used to harvest grasses.
In archaeology a lunate is a small stone artifact, that has a blunt straight edge and a sharpened crescent shaped back. The word originates from the Latin word lunatus which means to bend like a crescent, and from luna meaning moon in Latin.
A lunate object can be typically used as a decorative piece or as a stone tool.
Usage examples of "lunate".
He tried to distract himself by running through some of them now, murmuring their names: capitate, hamate, triquetral, lunate .