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the crescent in British English(often capital)a. the emblem of Islam or Turkey b. Islamic or Turkish power See full dictionary entry for crescentExamples of 'the crescent' in a sentencethe crescent She picked up the crescent remnant of a sugar doughnut, managed to get it down.a specific errand, and turned to her right to follow the crescent round to the school boarding houses.High hedges cut out any light from the farmhouse, and cloud obscured the thin sliver of the crescent moon. |