Phrase Hound found 144 phrases and 52 compound words that contain crown. The most common are listed below. Open crown in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 144
- crown princeA person designated and raised to become the next king.
- crown of thornsThe crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this.
- Crown JewelsThe historic royal regalia of a state.
- crown princessThe heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy.
- crown capA type of bottle cap made by pressing a circular piece of metal around the top of the bottle.
- crown flowerA large shrub, Calotropis gigantea, growing up to 4 meters tall, with clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color.
- half-a-crownAlternative form of half-crown: A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
- half-crownA pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
- Blue CrownA crown of Ancient Egypt, thought to have been worn in battle or used as a Ramesside substitute for the White Crown, among other functions.
- Red CrownA crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Lower Egypt.
- White CrownA crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Upper Egypt.
- Crown landIn Britain and some Commonwealth countries, land that is owned by the state, nominally titled to the reigning King or Queen of England, and whose use and disposition is controlled by a government within that Commonwealth country or by an …
- crown imperialFritillaria imperialis, a plant of the lily family.
- crown witnessA person implicated in a criminal case who turn against their accomplices by serving as a witness for the state and who may enter into a witness protection program afterwards.
- dental crownA prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- crown glassAn early type of window glass made by blowing glass into a hollow globe (crown) and then flattening it on a punty, reheating and spinning out into a flat disk by centrifugal force.
- Raven CrownA crown worn by the Druk Gyalpos of Bhutan, characteristically surmounted by the head of a raven.
- triple crownThe three-tiered tiara formerly worn by Popes.
- Crown prosecutorThe state prosecutor; the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual in a criminal trial.
- crown jewelA prized possession or asset, originally one making up part of the royal regalia.
- Crown CityNickname of Cortland, New York, United States.
- Crown CourtA senior court that sits regularly in various regional locations, normally with a judge and jury. It deals with indictable offences and either-way offences referred from magistrates' courts, as well as appeals against the decisions of …
- Crown EstateA UK public body that manages a portfolio of property owned by the monarch in right of Crown.
- Crown PointA number of places in the United States:
- Iron CrownA reliquary from the early Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross.
Compound words 52
- crownvetchA crawling leguminous vine, Securigera varia, which is native to Eurasia and Africa but widely planted elsewhere as a ground cover, where it can become an invasive weed.
- uncrownTo deprive of the monarchy or other authority or status.
- crownerOne who, or that which, crowns.
- discrownTo remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
- crownpieceA strap in the bridle that goes over the horse's head just behind the animal's ears.
- crownworkA type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
- decrownTo deprive of a crown; to discrown.
- crownableSuitable for being crowned.
- crownlessWithout a crown.
- crownletA coronet (small crown)