semicircle

About 0.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A half of a circle.
2. noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.
3. noun An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.
4. verb To travel or move around in a semicircle.

Similar words

hemicycle arc semiellipse semicell semidisk semicylinder semidome semihemisphere semicolumn hemisegment

Often followed by

of around in is and on with to round

Word family

semicircles semicircular