harvest moon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year.
noun
The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
Example Sentences
- "A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks."
- "Round and red as the harvest moon through the mist of the marshes"
- "Boxer would even come out at nights and work for an hour or two on his own by the light of the harvest moon."
Etymology
Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year.
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Synonyms
wine moon
singing moon
elk call moon