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crown

crown

12 9.9
An old British coin that used to be worth five shillings
  • noun
  • /kraʊn/
  • Archaic
: moneda de cinco chelines
  • When he found a crown in his pocket, he realized he could buy a treat.
  • bought for one crown

Examples

Idioms

2 4.9

The most valuable or important part of a group

Compounds

35 3.4

A man who is expected to be the next king

13 4.7

The most valuable part of a business, like a product or division

9 5.7

A title given to a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in the same year

8 5.6

Jewellery and ornaments worn by a king or queen on special state occasions

6 5.0

The most valuable things a company or group owns that must be protected

British Crown
  • Formal
3 6.1

The power of the British king or queen that the government uses

triple crown
  • Jargon
2 6.7

In baseball, a player who leads the league in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs in one season

A spiny plant with long stems and bright red flowers

2 9.5

A ring of thorn branches put on Jesus' head to mock and hurt him before his death on the cross

A female royal who is next in line to the throne or the crown prince's wife

1 3.9

A person who people expect to become the next leader of a group or organization

Crown Colony
  • Archaic
1 8.2

A place ruled directly by the British king or queen, usually through a governor they choose

1 5.7

A very valuable jewel that a king or queen keeps for ceremonies

1 7.5

Land that the state or ruler owns and manages for public use

crown of thorns
  • Literature
1 8.9

A constant source of pain that you must bear

half crown
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A former British coin worth two shillings and sixpence

1 5.5

A round cooked meat made from lamb ribs arranged like a crown

crown fire
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A fast forest fire that moves through the tops of trees, often moving ahead of the fire on the ground

1 7.6

A baseball season when a player leads the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in

crown glass
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A type of glass lens makers use that bends light little and keeps colours from separating

crown vetch
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A plant with pink and white flowers that spreads to cover soil and prevent erosion

crown glass
  • Archaic
1 9.7

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

1 7.2

A leafy plant with yellow flowers used in cooking

crown gall
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A bacterial disease that makes lumps at the base of a plant stem

A senior lawyer appointed to advise the British monarch about law

9.9

A plant with groups of white or yellow flowers

crown-of-the-field
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with large reddish-purple trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds that grows in fields and roadsides

crown lens
  • Specialized
7.3

A lens made from a kind of clear glass that gives sharp images with little color blur

crown monkey
  • Indian
9.9

A monkey from India with a small crown of hair on its head

crown saw
  • Specialized
8.4

A saw that cuts large round holes with a hollow tube that has teeth

crown wart
  • Specialized
9.9

A fungal disease of alfalfa that causes white growths at the base of the stem

crown-beard
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with clusters of yellow or white flowers

An annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico

jacket crown
  • Archaic
8.6

A hard cap placed over a broken or decayed tooth to make it look and work like a real tooth

Nero's crown
  • Indian
9.9

A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and fragrant flowers that open at night

optical crown
  • Specialized
9.2

A clear glass used in lenses that bends light only a little

optical crown glass
  • Specialized
7.4

Clear glass used in camera lenses that bends light less and keeps colours from separating

A pair of gears in a car that turn motion at a right angle

How Valuable

sovereign
21 6.8
crown
  • Archaic
12 9.9
shilling
  • Archaic
17 9.9
soldi
  • Archaic
9.9
penny
407 1.0
farthing
  • Archaic
4 9.9

Surface Forms

crown singular
crowns plural

Etymology

Crown the coin was named because many of these coins had a picture of a crown on them, and the word comes from corona, meaning a 'garland' or 'wreath'. That's why a crown was seen as a royal or important coin.