crest

Nouns

  • (n) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
  • (n) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
    • the view from the peak was magnificent
    • they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
    • the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
    summit, top, peak, tip, crown,
  • (n) the center of a cambered road crown,
  • (n) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
  • (n) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

Verbs

  • (v) lie at the top of
    • Snow capped the mountains
    cap,
  • (v) reach a high point
    • The river crested last night

Synonyms

cap summit top peak tip crown

Words of close approximity

cress
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