Unscramble crests

Definition of crest

noun:

• the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave.
• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent", "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock", "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit". Synonyms: crown, peak, summit, tip, top.
• the center of a cambered road. Synonyms: crown.
• (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet.
• a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

verb:

• lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains". Synonyms: cap.
• reach a high point; "The river crested last night".

Related words

brow, cockscomb, comb, coxcomb, hilltop, pinnacle, topknot, tuft.

Words nearby

brest, chest, cress, crust, rest, wrest.

Rhymes with

abreast, addressed, arrest, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, brest, chest, coalesced, compressed, congest, contest, depressed, detest, detest, digest.