English dictionary
crest
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
noun
- (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
noun
- the center of a cambered road
noun
- the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
noun
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
verb
- reach a high point
verb
- lie at the top of
Example sentences
the view from the peak was magnificent
they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
The river crested last night
Snow capped the mountains