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  3. 3
    the top part of your head

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

    The head: bean, cranial, cranium, crown, head, headless, nut, pate, scalp, skull... more
    1. a.
      the part of a hat that covers the crown of your head

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

      Parts of hats: brim, chinstrap, cockade, crown, hatpin, peak, plume, visor... more
  4. 4
    a cover for a tooth that has broken or decayed badly

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

    Dentistry: amalgam, braces, bridge, cap, cap, caries, cavity, crown, crown, dentistry... more
  5. 5
    the round top part of a hill

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

    Parts and features of mountains, hills and cliffs: brae, brink, the brow, cairn, cap, crag, crest, crown, divide, escarpment... more
  6. 6

    the crown

     or

    the Crown

     formal the king or queen

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

    Members of royal families and the nobility: archduke, aristocracy, aristocrat, baron, baroness, baronet, baronetcy, consort, Count, countess... more
    1. a.

      the crown

       the position of being king or queen

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

      Ruling and not ruling: abdicate, accede, accession, commoner, coronation, court, the crown, crown, depose, dethrone... more
    2. b.

      the Crown

       the government of a country that has a king or queen

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

      Systems of government and types of government: absolutism, anarchy, autarky, autocracy, autonomy, banana republic, big government, caretaker government, centralism, coalition... more
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    the wide circular top part of some types of tree

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

    Parts of trees: bark, blossom, bole, bough, branch, catkin, chloroplast, corm, crown, fig leaf... more
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    a unit of money used in the U.K. in the past

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

    Old units of money: crown, Deutschmark, DM, drachma, ducat, farthing, Fr., franc, groat, guilder... more
    1. a.
      a unit of money used in some European countries

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of crown

      Units of money: AUD, bit, c., cent, crown, ct., dime, dinar, dollar, euro... more

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