Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 11 compound words that contain crowns. The most common are listed below. Open crowns in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- flower crownsplural of flower crown: A crown made of brightly colored flowers.
- half-crownsplural of half-crown: A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
- Advent crownsplural of Advent crown: A usually evergreen wreath adorned with four (or sometimes five) candles, the first of which is lit on Advent Sunday, followed by the lighting of an additional candle on each subsequent Sunday.
- antique crownsplural of antique crown: A gold heraldic crown surmounted with a variable number of sharp spikes.
- bridal crownsplural of bridal crown: A tiara or similar jewelled crown worn by a bride at her wedding.
- celestial crownsplural of celestial crown: A modified eastern crown consisting of a gold fence usually adorned with points or rays topped with stars of the same metal.
- church crownsplural of church crown: A decorative hat worn by women in the Southern United States as a headcovering during church services.
- civic crownsplural of civic crown: A crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.
- de-crownsthird-person singular simple present indicative of de-crown: To deprive of a crown; to discrown.
- dental crownsplural of dental crown: A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- eastern crownsplural of eastern crown: A gold heraldic crown surmounted with a variable number of sharp spikes.
- grass crownsplural of grass crown: The highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, presented to a general, commander or officer whose actions saved a legion or the entire army, and taking the form of a …
- naval crownsplural of naval crown: A gold crown surmounted with small replicas of the prows of ships, given as a military award in Ancient Rome to the first man who boarded an enemy ship during a naval engagement.
- olive crownsplural of olive crown: A branch of the wild olive (Olea oleaster) used as a prize for the ancient Olympic Games
- thistle crownsplural of thistle crown: An English gold coin of the reign of James I, worth four shillings.
- triple crownsplural of triple crown: The three-tiered tiara formerly worn by Popes.
- mural crownsplural of mural crown: A crown or headpiece representing city walls or towers, used as a military decoration in Ancient Rome and later as a heraldic symbol in Europe.
- astral crownsplural of astral crown: A gold crown surmounted with eight low points. The centrals and laterals points are topped with a star, with an unspecified number of points, between two wings. It is mounted atop the shields of coats of arms of …
- blockade crownsplural of blockade crown: The highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, presented to a general, commander or officer whose actions saved a legion or the entire army, and taking the form of …
- crowns it allthird-person singular simple present indicative of crown it all: To be the final, or last-mentioned, event or occurrence in a series of particularly favourable / fortunate or unfavourable / unfortunate events.
- half-a-crownsplural of half-a-crown: A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
- crowns of thornsplural of crown of thorns: The 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.
- copple-crownsplural of copple-crown: A crested or high-topped crown, head or peak.
- obsidional crownsplural of obsidional crown: The highest and rarest of all military decorations in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, presented to a general, commander or officer whose actions saved a legion or the entire army, and taking the form …
- vallar crownsplural of vallar crown: A circular gold palisaded crown, bestowed upon the general who first broke through the rampart and into the enemy's camp.
Compound words 11
- CrownsvilleA census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
- baldcrownsplural of baldcrown: The American wigeon.
- blossomcrownsplural of blossomcrown: Any hummingbird in the genus Anthocephala
- crownshaftA leafbase which forms on some palms above the trunk and below the crown and above the trunk.
- discrownsthird-person singular simple present indicative of discrown: To remove the crown from; thus, to deprive of royal status.
- endocrownsplural of endocrown: An endodontic crown.
- firecrownsplural of firecrown: Any hummingbird of the genus Sephanoides.
- forecrownsplural of forecrown: The front of the crown of an animal’s head.
- hindcrownsplural of hindcrown: The rear part of a crown (the top of a bird's head).
- nanocrownsplural of nanocrown: A crown-shaped structure having nanometre-sized dimensions, especially such a structure fabricated from individual metal atoms