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semicircle

[sem-i-sur-kuhl] / ˈsɛm ɪˌsɜr kəl /
NOUN
half circle
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Coal pulled each of them out of the safe and laid them in a semicircle.

From Literature

When you put it on you see before you four empty wooden chairs ranged in a semicircle.

From The Wall Street Journal

They all had risen to their feet, standing in a semicircle around him.

From Literature

The rest of the Lakers sat silently or loitered in a semicircle waiting for their coaches to join.

From Los Angeles Times

The playa is arranged as a semicircle, and radial streets are named as if their position were a clock face.

From Salon