Noun Definition

moon

1.Definition: any natural satellite of a planet

"Jupiter has sixteen moons"

Category: Objects

2.Definition: any object resembling a moon

"He made a moon lamp that he used as a night light", "The clock had a moon that showed various phases"

Category: Objects

3.Definition: the light of the Moon

"Moonlight is the smuggler's enemy", "The Moon was bright enough to read by"

Related Noun(s):moonlight

Category: General

4.Definition: the natural satellite of the Earth

"The average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers", "Men first stepped on the moon in 1969"

Category: Objects

5.Definition: the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

Related Noun(s):lunation

Category: General

6.Definition: United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)

Related Noun(s):sun myung moon

Category: People