crown
- noun
- /kraʊn/
- Specialized
- Sabine saw all of his beautiful teeth, the two gold crowns on the back molars shining brightly in the overhead fluorescent light.
- crown of the tooth
- roots and crowns
Examples
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After the procedure, the new crown on her tooth looked completely natural.
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We can just take the crown off and like put a little little thing in there to keep your gum healthy.
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He'd had six crowns put in by the dentist.
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The dentist showed me where the crown covered the visible part of my tooth.
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He explained that the crown of a tooth is the part that is covered with enamel.
Synonyms
An artificial cover placed over a damaged or weak tooth
A hard cap placed over a broken or decayed tooth to make it look and work like a real tooth
Idioms
Compounds
- US
A title given to a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in the same year
- Jargon
In baseball, a player who leads the league in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs in one season
- NSFW
A ring of thorn branches put on Jesus' head to mock and hurt him before his death on the cross
- Archaic
A place ruled directly by the British king or queen, usually through a governor they choose
- Specialized
A fast forest fire that moves through the tops of trees, often moving ahead of the fire on the ground
- Specialized
A type of glass lens makers use that bends light little and keeps colours from separating
- Archaic
Old window glass you get by blowing hot glass into a round disk and spinning it flat
A tall plant with a ring of leaves at the top of its stem and bright bell-shaped orange flowers
- Specialized
A plant with large reddish-purple trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds that grows in fields and roadsides
- Specialized
A lens made from a kind of clear glass that gives sharp images with little color blur
- Specialized
A plant with pink and white flowers that spreads to cover soil and prevent erosion
- Specialized
A fungal disease of alfalfa that causes white growths at the base of the stem
An annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico
- Archaic
A hard cap placed over a broken or decayed tooth to make it look and work like a real tooth
- Specialized
Clear glass used in camera lenses that bends light less and keeps colours from separating
- Jargon
A baseball season when a player leads the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crown comes from corona, meaning a 'garland' for the head, so the 'crown' of a tooth is the top part that shows above the gum. This name helps you remember it is the visible top part of the tooth.