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# moonlit

adjective (moonlit)

«moonlit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Moonlit means lit by the light of the Moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and poems to describe night scenes; it gives a calm, magical or sometimes spooky feeling.

### Examples

- We walked along the moonlit beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/#x1)
- The moonlit garden looked silver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/#x2)
- An owl flew across the moonlit sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/#x3)
- The castle stood dark on a moonlit hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/#x4)
- A moonlit night is good for spotting badgers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/#x5)
- The lake shone in the moonlit darkness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/#x6)

### Note

One word: moon + lit. Only an adjective before a noun. Science fact: moonlight is really sunlight reflected by the Moon.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «moonlit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonlit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«moonlit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moonlit.html) on Mova free.