crown has definitions from the fields of clothing,dentistry,mathematics,government
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[ verb ] (government) invest with regal power; enthrone

Synonyms

coronate

Examples

"The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"

Used in print

(Robert Deardorff, "Step by Step Through Istanbul"...)

Nevertheless , it remained one of the_most splendid churches of the Eastern_Empire , where the Byzantine Emperors were crowned .

Beneath the dome I saw the spot where the Byzantine Emperors were crowned , a_bit of floor protected now by a wooden fence .

Related terms

invest

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[ verb ] be the culminating event

Synonyms

top

Examples

"The speech crowned the meeting"

Used in print

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

Henrietta 's feeling_of_identity with Sara_Sullam was crowned by her discovery of the coincidence that Sara 's epitaph in the Jewish cemetery in Venice referred to her as `` the Sulamite '' .

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culminate

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[ noun ] (clothing) an ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty

Synonyms

diadem

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[ noun ] (dentistry) the enamel covered part of a tooth above the gum

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

In_addition , it is small enough to get_into crevices , jacket and crown margins , malposed anteriors , and the back_teeth .

Related terms

top jacket_crown tooth enamel

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[ noun ] a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

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wreath crown_of_thorns

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[ noun ] the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

Examples

"the colonies revolted against the Crown"

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

And no_doubt many people in states like the Carolinas and Georgia , which were among the most Tory in sentiment in the eighteenth century , bitterly regretted the revolt against the Crown .

Related terms

symbol british_crown

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[ noun ] (clothing) the part of a hat (the vertex) covering the crown of the head

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Inside the crown , stuffed behind the stained sweatband , could be seen thin , crumpled wads of currency .

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vertex hat

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14093
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[ verb ] form the topmost part of

Examples

"A weather vane crowns the building"

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head

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[ noun ] an English coin worth 5 shillings

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coin

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[ noun ] the upper branches and leaves of a tree

Synonyms

treetop capitulum

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top tree

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[ noun ] the top point of a mountain or hill

Synonyms

top crest peak summit tip

Examples

"the view from the peak was magnificent" "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"

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[ noun ] (mathematics) the top point of a mountain or hill

Synonyms

top crest peak tip summit

Examples

"the view from the peak was magnificent" "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"

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[ verb ] put a crown on

Examples

"crown my teeth"

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cover

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[ noun ] the award given to the champion

Synonyms

pennant

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award

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[ noun ] the top of the head

Synonyms

poll pate

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top tonsure human_head

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[ noun ] the center of a cambered road

Synonyms

crest

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top road

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