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1. Invest with regal power; enthrone
   "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey";
   - coronate
    
2. Be the culminating event
   "The speech crowned the meeting";
   - top
    
3. Form the topmost part of
   "A weather vane crowns the building"
    
4. Put an enamel cover on
   "crown my teeth"

1. The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
    
2. A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
    
3. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty
   - diadem
    
4. The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
    
5. An English coin worth 5 shillings
    
6. The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
   - treetop
    
7. The highest or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
   "the view from the crown was magnificent";
   - peak, crest, top, tip, summit
    
8. The award given to the champion
   - pennant
    
9. The top of the head
   - pate, poll, vertex
    
10. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
    "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown";
    - crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap
     
11. The centre of a cambered road
    - crest

1. The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
   "the colonies revolted against the Crown"

Derived forms: crowning, Crowns, crowned, crowns

Type of: accolade, acme, apex, award, chaplet, climax, coin, coronal, cover, crown jewels, culminate, dental appliance, enthrone, garland, head, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], invest, jeweled headdress, jewelled headdress, laurels, lei, peak, place, spot, symbol, top, top side, topographic point, upper side, upside, vertex, vest, wreath

Part of: chapeau, chopper [informal], hat, human head, lid [informal], pearly [informal], road, route, tooth, tree

Encyclopedia: Crown, Pennsylvania