crest
noun
[ krɛst ]
• a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.
• "a large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest"
• the top of a mountain or hill.
• "she reached the crest of the hill"
Similar:
summit,
peak,
highest point,
top,
mountaintop,
tip,
pinnacle,
brow,
crown,
head,
cap,
brink,
apex,
vertex,
apogee,
zenith,
ridge,
tor,
aiguille,
serac,
• the curling foamy top of a wave.
• "a high wave formed by the meeting of two crests"
• a distinctive device representing a family or corporate body, borne above the shield of a coat of arms (originally as worn on a helmet) or separately reproduced, for example on writing paper.
Similar:
insignia,
regalia,
badge,
emblem,
ensign,
device,
heraldic device,
coat of arms,
arms,
armorial bearing,
escutcheon,
shield,
bearing,
charge,
crest
verb
• reach the top of (a hill or wave).
• "she crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her"
• (of a wave) form a curling foamy top.
• "the swell begins to curl and crest"
• have attached at the top.
• "his helmet was crested with a fan of spikes"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French creste, from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’.
