moonless — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.

And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]

2

Having no natural satellite.

adj

1

Without the Moon.

We believe the Moon has been beneficial for the development of life here, but we do not know whether the Moon was necessary for life. Perhaps if we lived on a Moonless world we would be grateful we did not have one of those huge chunks of rock hanging so close to us in the sky.

Presumably a Moonless world would still have had weather patterns, including rain, so erosion would have taken place but on a tiny scale compared with what happened when the Moon was so much closer to the Earth.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

blacker, cloudy, cold, dark, hotter, still

VERB + MOONLESS

branches, eye, lived, seen

MOONLESS + NOUN

night, nights, summer, world

PREP.

in, on, than

ADV.

presumably

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

moonlit
moony

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lame

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02

We believe the Moon has been beneficial for the development of life here, but we do not know whether the Moon was necessary for life. Perhaps if we lived on a Moonless world we would be grateful we di

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03

Presumably a Moonless world would still have had weather patterns, including rain, so erosion would have taken place but on a tiny scale compared with what happened when the Moon was so much closer to

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04

What might this world lack that is as hard to imagine as the Moon would be on an unMooned Earth? Of what absences are we unaware? As well as an absence, the Moonless world would be marked by differenc

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05

It was a dark, moonless night.

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06

They can only be seen on moonless nights.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, moonless is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.