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GIBBOSE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'gibows

Matching Terms:  gibbosity, Gibbostity

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (used of the moon) more than half full
 
 Synonyms: bulging, convex, gibbous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gib*bose"\, a. [L. gibbosus, fr. gibbus, gibba, hunch,
hump. Cf. {Gibbous}.]
Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one
or more large elevations. --Brande & C.
 

 

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