1. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty
   "The queen wore a sparkling crown for her coronation";
   - diadem
    
2. A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
   "The Olympic champion wore a laurel crown during the ceremony"
    
3. The top of the head
   "The old man's bald crown gleamed in the sunlight";
   - pate, poll, vertex
    
4. The highest or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
   "the view from the crown was magnificent";
   - peak, crest, top, tip, summit
    
5. The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
   "Birds nested in the crowns of the old oak";
   - treetop
    
6. The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
   "The dentist fitted a porcelain crown on the damaged tooth"
    
7. (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
    
8. The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
   "The cowboy hat had a high, creased crown"
    
9. The award given to the champion
   "They finally captured the crown after years of coming close";
   - pennant
    
10. An English coin worth 5 shillings
    "He found an old crown coin in his grandfather's collection"
     
11. The centre of a cambered road
    "Water flowed off the crown of the road into the gutters";
    - crest

1. Crown or formally invest with royal power
   "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey";
   - coronate [rare]
    
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 Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
   "the colonies revolted against the Crown"

Derived forms: Crowns, crowned, crowning, 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 [archaic], chopper [informal], hat, human head, lid [informal], road, route, tooth, tree

Encyclopedia: Crown, Missouri