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to crown

to crown

3 7.0
To fit a hard cover over a damaged tooth to make it stronger and look normal
  • verb
  • /kraʊn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : colocar una corona
  • So he's going to be seeing that dentist for the fillings and the crowns and the and the potential root canal on that tooth.
  • crown a molar

Examples

  • He decided to crown the damaged tooth with a new enamel covering after consulting his orthodontist.

  • After the accident, the dentist had to crown her broken tooth to restore its shape and function.

  • His back teeth were crowned with gold.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • To get her teeth crowned.

  • We're going to take out her old crowns and we're going to make her preparations, make the teeth smaller.

  • To improve her smile, the dentist recommended that she crown the tooth that had significant decay.

Idioms

2 4.9

The most valuable or important part of a group

Compounds

28 3.4

A man who is expected to be the next king

13 5.7

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

9 4.7

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

3 5.6

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

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

1 5.7

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

1 9.5

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

1 3.9

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

British Crown
  • Formal
1 6.1

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

1 5.0

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

1 7.5

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

Crown Colony
  • Archaic
1 8.2

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

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

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

1 5.5

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

half crown
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A former British coin worth two shillings and sixpence

A senior lawyer appointed to advise the British monarch about law

9.9

A plant with groups of white or yellow flowers

A leafy plant with yellow flowers used in cooking

crown gall
  • Specialized
8.4

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

crown glass
  • Specialized
9.0

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

crown glass
  • Archaic
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

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

A spiny plant with long stems and bright red flowers

crown of thorns
  • Literature
8.9

A constant source of pain that you must bear

crown saw
  • Specialized
8.4

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

crown vetch
  • Specialized
7.9

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

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

7.6

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

How Permanent

to crown
  • Specialized
3 7.0
to cover
1.0

Surface Forms

crown infinitive
crowned past
crowned past participle
crowning present participle
crowns third person singular

Etymology

Crown as a dental verb comes from the idea of putting a small 'head' on a tooth, from corona meaning 'garland' for the head. So to crown a tooth is to fit it with a protective cover on its top.