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Adjective: crowned  krawnd
  1. (dentistry) having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
    "had many crowned teeth"
     
  2. Provided with or as if with laurel, symbolizing victory
    "The crowned head of the Emperor, with close hair and short thin beard appears more animated than usual";
    - laureled, laurelled
     
  3. Provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination
    "a high-crowned hat"; "an orange-crowned bird"; "a crowned signet ring"
Verb: crown  krawn
  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"

See also: capped, chapleted, comate, comose, high-crowned, royal

Type of: climax, cover, culminate, enthrone, head, invest, vest

Antonym: uncrowned

Encyclopedia: Crowned

Crown, Pennsylvania