a circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels
(in England and Wales) a court of criminal jurisdiction, which deals with serious offences and appeals referred from the magistrates' courts
a kind of soft-paste porcelain made at Derby and often marked with a crown above the letter ‘D’
any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules are large rings containing a number of ether linkages
a bacterial disease of plants, especially fruit bushes and trees, which is characterized by large tumour-like galls on the roots and lower trunk
glass made without lead or iron, originally in a circular sheet. Formerly used in windows, it is now used as optical glass of low refractive index
a lens made of crown glass and usually forming one component of an achromatic lens
a resort town in northeastern New York, on Lake Champlain, scene of much military action during the 18th century
a roast of rib pieces of pork or lamb arranged like a crown in a circle with the bones pointing upwards
a gearwheel or cogwheel with teeth that project from the face of the wheel at right angles, used especially in the gears of motor vehicles
a former British coin and monetary unit equal to two shillings and sixpence (1212p)
a representation of a city wall in the form of a crown, borne above the shield in the arms of distinguished soldiers and of some civic authorities
a body appointed by the British government to provide commercial and financial services, originally to British colonies, now to foreign governments and international bodies. It is responsible to the Minister for Overseas Development and its full title (as re-established in 1979) is the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations
a British colony whose legislature and administration was controlled by the Crown, represented by a governor
a neighborhood in northern Brooklyn in New York City, noted for its West Indian and Orthodox Jewish communities
the crown and other ornaments and jewellery worn or carried by the sovereign on certain state occasions
a Scottish law court responsible for listing cases to be tried in Scotland
an award or honour for winning a group of three important events in a sport, in particular (in rugby union) victory by one of the four British home countries over all the other three in the same season
an Asian fritillary (plant) with a cluster of bell-like flowers at the top of a tall, largely bare stem
a territory that is under the sovereignty of the British Crown but does not form part of the UK. The Crown dependencies are the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
(in England, Wales, and Canada) a lawyer who acts for the Crown, especially a prosecutor in a criminal court