crest
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- noun
- /krɛst/
- Specialized
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cimera
- The shield featured a beautiful crest that represented our family's noble heritage.
- family crest
Well, I think I think of like the Superman Crest or a home plate.
- Well, I think I think of like the Superman Crest or a home plate.
- Ornate and decorated with knots and straps, they often also bore engraved family crests.
- Now, Konigsig's logo is a Crest.
Examples
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It's the Cabot family crest, the fist of gold.
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It's a good thing I borrowed the House crest from William's mother before we came.
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And if it is, it could very well be the crest for the Waters family.
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I want you to paint this crest on the door of a car.
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Yeah, that we have our individual family Crest, but we have a collective Crest as well.
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Haven't I seen this crest before?
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It has your Family Crest.
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The fleur-de-lis is their crest.
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Instead, it's in the shape of a Crest from an old Koenig Sig family coat of arms.
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The elegant crest of Gibraltar St. Clair was pressed into the red wax.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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A special symbol like a family shield that shows who the group is
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A wild orchid with funnel-shaped bright pink flowers that grows in the northeastern United States
How Official
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crest comes from the old Latin word crista, which means 'tuft' or 'plume' like a feather on a helmet, and was used as a mark of identity; that's why a heraldic crest is the decorative emblem placed on a helmet to show a family or person.