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# crown

«crown» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round ornament, often gold with jewels, that a king or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m1)

2) The Crown means the power of the king or queen and the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m2)

3) The crown is the top part of something, like your head, a hat, a tree or a tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m3)

4) A crown is a cover a dentist puts on a damaged tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m4)

5) To crown means to put a crown on someone to make them king or queen, or to declare someone a winner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x1)
- The new king was crowned in the abbey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x2)
- She was crowned champion of the spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x3)
- We made paper crowns for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x4)
- The crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x5)
- The dentist put a crown on my grandma's tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x6)
- The ball hit him on the crown of his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x7)
- "Then give me your gold crown." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/22/)
- [In the wetlands the red-crowned crane dances in the snow with its partner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/4/)
- [The dragon eats the king's crown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid/24/)
- [The King wears the crown and reads the King's Speech, but the elected government writes it and makes the real decisions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/17-uk-elections-and-the-prime-minister-as-reported/7/)
- [And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.724/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crown» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.