crown
part of speech
noun (a crown, crowns); verb (crown, crowns, crowned, crowning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A crown is a round ornament, often gold with jewels, that a king or queen wears on the head. tree →
2) The Crown means the power of the king or queen and the government. tree →
3) The crown is the top part of something, like your head, a hat, a tree or a tooth. tree →
4) A crown is a cover a dentist puts on a damaged tooth. tree →
5) To crown means to put a crown on someone to make them king or queen, or to declare someone a winner. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, pupils learn about kings, queens and coronations. In stories and fairy tales, crowns mean power. In everyday life, a winner can be crowned champion. Phrases: wear a crown, be crowned, the crown jewels, crown of the head.
examples
- The queen wore a golden crown. tree →
- The new king was crowned in the abbey. tree →
- She was crowned champion of the spelling bee. tree →
- We made paper crowns for the party. tree →
- The crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London. tree →
- The dentist put a crown on my grandma's tooth. tree →
- The ball hit him on the crown of his head. tree →
- "Then give me your gold crown." tree →
note
Countable noun; verb: crowned. A coronation is when a king or queen is crowned. Rhymes with down and town. A crown is also an old coin in Britain and money in some countries.
In the corpora
- Camilla became Queen when Charles became King and was crowned with him in May 2023.
- In the wetlands the red-crowned crane dances in the snow with its partner.
- The dragon eats the king's crown.
- The King wears the crown and reads the King's Speech, but the elected government writes it and makes the real decisions.
- And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «crown» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.