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Meanings of
semicircle
in English
Portuguese
semicírculo
Catalan
semicercle
Spanish
semicírculo
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A plane figure with the shape of half a circle.
hemicycle
Portuguese
semicírculo
Usage of
semicircle
in English
1
We drew up chairs and sat in a
semicircle
in the window.
2
In this latter circle, the
semicircle
from the light took 5 hrs.
3
The Siner home was a three-room shanty about midway in the
semicircle
.
4
He had a row in a
semicircle
in front of his cave.
5
The French and Patriot forces had Cornwallis enclosed in a large
semicircle
.
6
The army of monks extended, in three ranks, in an immense
semicircle
.
7
He looked up, and saw a considerable crowd collected in a
semicircle
.
8
Jeff had set up a half-dozen chairs in a
semicircle
facing west.
9
On either side of the wall the curb formed a large
semicircle
.
10
She hastily lowered the notes, stepped out of the
semicircle
,
and said:
11
The plan is a parallelogram, with a
semicircle
at the further end.
12
They were slumping in a
semicircle
;
rubber-legged, breathing heavily and barely conscious.
13
They lingered over the
semicircle
of bayonets and rested fondly on musket-racks.
14
Each man spread a little
semicircle
of shells in front of him.
15
The
semicircle
encloses a smooth-shaven lawn of which I am vastly proud.
16
They're already swaying in a
semicircle
,
four of them, five of them.
Other examples for "semicircle"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
semicircle
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
form a semicircle
wide semicircle
large semicircle
broad semicircle
great semicircle
More collocations
Translations for
semicircle
Portuguese
semicírculo
semi-círculo
Catalan
semicercle
Spanish
semicírculo
hemiciclo
Semicircle
through the time
Semicircle
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common