FULL PHASE OF THE MOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does full phase of the moon mean? 

• FULL PHASE OF THE MOON (noun)
  The noun FULL PHASE OF THE MOON has 1 sense:

1. the time when the Moon is fully illuminated

  Familiarity information: FULL PHASE OF THE MOON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FULL PHASE OF THE MOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time when the Moon is fully illuminated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

full; full-of-the-moon; full moon; full phase of the moon

Context example:

the moon is at the full

Hypernyms ("full phase of the moon" is a kind of...):

phase of the moon (a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "full phase of the moon"):

harvest moon (the full moon nearest the September equinox)

Holonyms ("full phase of the moon" is a part of...):

month (a time unit of approximately 30 days)