A curved steel blade, often with a vertical handle at each end, used to chop food.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, crescent, mezzaluna : mezza, feminine of mezzo, half (from Latin medius; see medhyo- in Appendix I) + luna, moon (from Latin lna; see leuk- in Appendix I).
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