Word: Crest
How to pronounce: krest
Noun
Definitions:
1. A comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.
Example sentences: "A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest"
2. The top of a mountain or hill.
Example sentences: "She reached the crest of the hill"
3. The curling foamy top of a wave.
Example sentences: "A high wave formed by the meeting of two crests"
4. A distinctive device borne above the shield of a coat of arms (originally as worn on a helmet), or separately reproduced, for example on writing paper or silverware, to represent a family or corporate body.
Example sentences: "The two ornate crests represented the families of Ivor's grandfather and grandmother respectively."
Verb
Definitions:
1. Reach the top of (something such as a hill or wave)
Example sentences: "She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her"
2. (of a wave) form a curling foamy top.
Example sentences: "The swell begins to curl and crest"
3. Have attached or affixed at the top.
Example sentences: "His helmet was crested with a fan of spikes"
Synonyms:
emblem
coat of arms
blazon
arms
forelock
tuft
comb
ridge
arete
crown
summit
peak
top
pinnacle
capstone
zenith
culmination
apex
height
tip
Derivations:
cresting
crested
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Crest in Other Languages...
Spanish: Cresta
German: Crest
French: Crest
Italian: Cresta
Turkish: Tepe
