Associations to the word «Semicircle»

Wiktionary

SEMICIRCLE, noun. Half of a circle.
SEMICIRCLE, noun. An instrument for measuring angles.

Dictionary definition

SEMICIRCLE, noun. A plane figure with the shape of half a circle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats