crest

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[ UK /kɹˈɛst/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹɛst/ ]

NOUN

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

VERB

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How To Use crest In A Sentence

After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
It contained two spoons and a fork, silver with her family crest stamped on the handles. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
Finally, mounting the crest of the hill, they reached the juniper trees.
Man, the surface of the skull is comparatively smooth, and the supraciliary ridges or brow prominences usually project but little — while, in the Gorilla, vast crests are developed upon the skull, and the brow ridges overhang, the cavernous orbits, like great penthouses. Essays
Second-place winner Nada Bader, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Crestwood Middle School, met her downfall with the word "conniption" - a fit of rage, hysteria or alarm. Times Leader News
Usually shy and retiring, the crested argus is not easy to observe.
The line on which we now found ourselves was in general close to, but still below, the crest of the ridge at nearly all points. Times, Sunday Times
The trick is to ask what next and be at the crest of the wave. Times, Sunday Times
The fused parietals form the posterior two-thirds of the sagittal crest, expanding posteriorly to form a flattened, sculpted deck behind the supratemporal fenestrae adjacent to the squamosals.
Dairy Crest are suing Mr Rollings for damages, claiming he canvassed for custom while he was still working for them.

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