Crest
41crest — [[t]krɛst[/t]] n. 1) geo the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit 2) the highest point or level: riding the crest of popularity[/ex] 3) geo a ridge or ridgelike formation 4) oce the foamy top of a wave 5) geo the point of highest… …
42crest — crested, adj. crestless, adj. /krest/, n. 1. the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit. 2. the head or top of anything. 3. a ridge or ridgelike formation. 4. the foamy top of a wave. 5. the point of highest flood, as of a river. 6. the …
43crest — crest1 [ krest ] noun count 1. ) the top of a hill or mountain a ) the white top of a wave 2. ) a set of feathers on the top of the heads of some birds 3. ) a design used as the symbol of a town, institution, or family of high social class: the… …
44crest — /krɛst / (say krest) noun 1. a. a tuft or other natural growth of the top of an animal s head, as the comb of a cock. b. feathers on top of a bird s head which stand upright or are erectile. 2. anything resembling or suggesting such a tuft. 3.… …
45crest — n. & v. n. 1 a a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, etc. on a bird s or animal s head. b something resembling this, esp. a plume of feathers on a helmet. c a helmet; the top of a helmet. 2 the top of something, esp. of a mountain, wave, roof, etc. 3… …
46Crest — The electronic system for settling share transactions, introduced in July 1997 by the London Stock Exchange, under which paper share certificates are no longer needed. * * * CREST CREST [krest] noun FINANCE in Britain and Ireland, an electronic… …
47Crest — 1 Original name in latin Crest Name in other language Crest State code FR Continent/City Europe/Paris longitude 44.72836 latitude 5.02722 altitude 190 Population 8517 Date 2012 01 18 2 Original name in latin Crest Name in other language State… …
48crest — [14] The original etymological meaning of crest appears to have been ‘tuft of hair’. It comes via Old French creste from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’, which may be related to Latin crīnis cretin 140 ‘hair’ (source of the English biological term… …
49crest — noun 1) the bird s crest Syn: comb, plume, tuft of feathers 2) the crest of the hill Syn: summit, peak, top, tip, pinnacle, brow, crown, apex 3) …
50crest — noun 1) the bird s crest Syn: tuft, comb, plume, crown 2) the crest of the hill Syn: summit, peak, top, ridge, pinnacle, brow, crown, apex …
