crown
noun · adjective · verb
Simple meaning
A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory.
Pronunciation
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krownIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹaʊn
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
clothingmonarchy
A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
The top part of something
adjective
Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
verb
To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
To declare (someone) a winner.
transitive
To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
Used this way, crown is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It quietly approves while staying precise.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Successful and accomplished
- Usage feel
- Precise and approving
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Inflected forms
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Having an (artificial) crown on a tooth.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads.
A British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor.
Shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers.
A forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire.
A bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground.
A glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk.
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