cockscomb | | |
n. (plant) | 1. celosia argentea cristata, celosia cristata, cockscomb, common cockscomb | garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
n. (person) | 2. cockscomb, coxcomb | a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments. |
| ~ dandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, beau, clotheshorse, dude, sheik, swell | a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. |
n. (artifact) | 3. cockscomb, coxcomb | a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red. |
| ~ cap | a tight-fitting headdress. |
n. (animal) | 4. cockscomb, comb, coxcomb | the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. |
| ~ crest | a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal. |
| ~ gallinacean, gallinaceous bird | heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds. |
crest | | |
n. (location) | 1. crest | the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave. |
| ~ line | a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
n. (location) | 2. crest, crown, peak, summit, tip, top | 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" |
| ~ hilltop, brow | the peak of a hill.; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" |
| ~ pinnacle | a lofty peak. |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| ~ mountain peak | the summit of a mountain. |
n. (artifact) | 3. crest, crown | the center of a cambered road. |
| ~ road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| ~ top side, upper side, upside, top | the highest or uppermost side of anything.; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" |
n. (artifact) | 4. crest | (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet. |
| ~ blazon, blazonry, coat of arms, arms | the official symbols of a family, state, etc.. |
| ~ emblem | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.. |
| ~ heraldry | the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies. |
n. (animal) | 5. crest | a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal. |
| ~ tuft | a bunch of feathers or hair. |
| ~ topknot | showy crest or knot of hair or feathers. |
| ~ comb, coxcomb, cockscomb | the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. |
| ~ appendage, outgrowth, process | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.; "a bony process" |
v. (stative) | 6. cap, crest | lie at the top of.; "Snow capped the mountains" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
v. (motion) | 7. crest | reach a high point.; "The river crested last night" |
| ~ peak, top out | to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity.; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"; "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" |
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