crest

English Thesaurus

1. a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	appendage, outgrowth, process,
definition	:	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (noun.body)

hyponym	:	tuft,
definition	:	a bunch of feathers or hair (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	topknot,
definition	:	showy crest or knot of hair or feathers (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cockscomb, comb, coxcomb,
definition	:	the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds (noun.animal)

2. (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	emblem,
definition	:	special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	arms, blazon, blazonry, coat of arms,
definition	:	the official symbols of a family, state, etc. (noun.artifact)

domain category	:	heraldry,
definition	:	the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies (noun.cognition)

3. the center of a cambered road (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	top, top side, upper side, upside,
definition	:	the highest or uppermost side of anything (noun.location)

part meronym	:	road, route,
definition	:	an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation (noun.artifact)

4. the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave (noun.location)

hypernym	:	line,
definition	:	a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent (noun.location)

5. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) (noun.location)

hypernym	:	place, spot, topographic point,
definition	:	a point located with respect to surface features of some region (noun.location)

hyponym	:	brow, hilltop,
definition	:	the peak of a hill (noun.location)

hyponym	:	pinnacle,
definition	:	a lofty peak (noun.location)

hyponym	:	mountain peak,
definition	:	the summit of a mountain (noun.object)

6. reach a high point (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	peak, top out,
definition	:	to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity (verb.motion)

7. lie at the top of (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	lie,
definition	:	be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position (verb.stative)

8. the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave (noun.location)

derivation	:	cap, crest,
definition	:	lie at the top of (verb.stative)

9. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) (noun.location)

derivation	:	breast, summit,
definition	:	reach the summit (of a mountain) (verb.motion)

derivation	:	top,
definition	:	reach or ascend the top of (verb.motion)

derivation	:	clear, top,
definition	:	pass by, over, or under without making contact (verb.motion)

derivation	:	cap, crest,
definition	:	lie at the top of (verb.stative)

10. lie at the top of (verb.stative)

derivation	:	crest,
definition	:	the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave (noun.location)

derivation	:	crest, crown, peak, summit, tip, top,
definition	:	the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) (noun.location)

11. the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave (noun.location)

derivation	:	cap, crest,
definition	:	lie at the top of (verb.stative)

12. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) (noun.location)

derivation	:	breast, summit,
definition	:	reach the summit (of a mountain) (verb.motion)

derivation	:	top,
definition	:	reach or ascend the top of (verb.motion)

derivation	:	clear, top,
definition	:	pass by, over, or under without making contact (verb.motion)

derivation	:	cap, crest,
definition	:	lie at the top of (verb.stative)

13. lie at the top of (verb.stative)

derivation	:	crest,
definition	:	the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave (noun.location)

derivation	:	crest, crown, peak, summit, tip, top,
definition	:	the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) (noun.location)