crest

crest is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
2. noun. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.
3. noun. A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.
4. noun. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
5. noun. The ridge or top of a wave.
6. noun. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
7. noun. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
8. noun. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
9. noun. The top line of a slope or embankment.
10. transitive verb. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
11. transitive verb. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
12. intransitive verb. To form a crest.
13. noun. a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
14. noun. (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
15. noun. the center of a cambered road

    Synonyms: crown

16. noun. the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
17. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: crown, peak, summit, tip, top

18. verb. reach a high point

    "The river crested last night"

19. verb. lie at the top of

    "Snow capped the mountains"

    Synonyms: cap

Synonyms

crown, peak, summit, tip, top, cap

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in crest:

certs

Common word forms

crests, crestal, crested, cresting, crestless

Words from these letters

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