“crest”

Definitions

• noun

  the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

  Synonyms: achievement, acme, alerion, amplitude, annulet, antinode, apex, apogee, argent, armory, arms, azure

• noun

  the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

  Synonyms: peak, crown, top, tip, summit

  • Example:“The view from the peak was magnificent.”
  • Example:“They clambered to the tip of Monadnock.”

• noun

  the center of a cambered road

  Synonyms: crown

• noun

  (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

• noun

  a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

• verb

  lie at the top of

  Synonyms: cap

  • Example:“Snow capped the mountains.”