Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word CREST

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Definitions of CREST

1. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
2. A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
3. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
4. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
5. The ridge or top of a wave.
6. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
7. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
8. The top line of a slope or embankment.
9. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
10. (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
11. (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
12. (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
13. (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
14. (military) Acronym of comparisons, reasons, examples, statistics, testimony: the five types of verbal support used to enhance an oral presentation.
15. A CDP in San Diego County, California, US.
16. (transitive) To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
17. (transitive) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
18. (transitive) To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.

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Examples of Using CREST in a Sentence

• Aeclanum was on a promontory naturally defended, to some extent, by a steep slope on the south side down to the river Calore, while the north side lay open towards the crest of the ridge where the Via Appia ran.
• It straddles the crest of the Congo–Nile Divide which separates the basins of the Congo and Nile rivers.
• Paranthropus is characterised by robust skulls, with a prominent gorilla-like sagittal crest along the midline—which suggest strong chewing muscles—and broad, herbivorous teeth used for grinding.
• For the most part, the main crest forms a divide between Spain and France, with the microstate of Andorra sandwiched in between.
• A tor, which is also known by geomorphologists as either a castle koppie or kopje, is a large, free-standing rock outcrop that rises abruptly from the surrounding smooth and gentle slopes of a rounded hill summit or ridge crest.
• Wakeboarding is a water sport in which the rider, standing on a wakeboard (a board with foot bindings), is towed behind a motorboat across its wake and especially up off the crest in order to perform aerial maneuvers.
• The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto.
• California sea lions are sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females, and have a thicker neck, and a protruding sagittal crest.
• Males develop a more vivid colour pattern and a conspicuous skin seam (crest) on their back when breeding.
• Breeding males develop a distinct filament on the end of their tail, strongly webbed hind feet, and a low, smooth crest on their back.
• Through the main crest of the Gotthard and adjacent mountain ranges, it borders the canton of Valais to the northwest, the canton of Uri to the north and the canton of Grisons to the northeast; the latter canton being also the only one to share some borders with Ticino at the level of the plains.
• He and some of his officers climbed the crest now called Black Elk Peak, and made a toast to US General William S.
• However, its highest elevation occurs on Buffalo Ridge, a promontory extending about two miles along the crest of the Coteau des Prairies in central Chanarambie Township.
• The Appalachian Trail runs along the top of the high ridge between Young Lick and Tray, a part of the Blue Ridge Mountain crest.
• The CDP extends north to the boundary of Glacier Bay National Park near the head of Excursion Inlet, south to the mouth of Excursion Inlet, and east to the crest of the Chilkat Range.
• It is bordered to the south by the Haines CDP, to the east by the Ferebee River, and to the west by the crest of the Takshanuk Mountains.
• The name Pea Ridge is derived from a combination of the physical location of the original settlement of the town, across the crest of a ridge of the Ozark Mountains, and for the hog peanuts or turkey peas that had been originally cultivated by Native American tribes centuries before European settlement, which later helped to provide basic subsistence once those pioneer settlers arrived.
• Independence is a popular resupply location for hikers trekking the 2,650 mile long Pacific Crest Trail which extends from the Mexican border to Canada along the crest of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges.
• The southeastern border of the CDP follows the crest of Talcott Mountain and is the town line with Bloomfield.

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