FIRST QUARTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("first quarter" is a kind of...):

half-moon (the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated)

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