2. Verb. (third-person singular of crown) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crowns
1. crown [v] - See also: crown
Medical Definition of Crowns
1. A prosthetic restoration that reproduces the entire surface anatomy of the visible natural crown of a tooth. It may be partial (covering three or more surfaces of a tooth) or complete (covering all surfaces). It is made of gold or other metal, porcelain, or resin. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crowns
Literary usage of Crowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1848)
"Pélagie longed to remind Eloi that the profit sacrificed had been but fifty crowns
a few minutes before, but she held her tongue. ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1898)
"THK THREE crowns, KING'S ... It is thus that we have produced the characteristic
rock forms to which the name of the Three crowns has been so aptly applied. ..."
3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... little less than 200 crowns a year.1 LVI. I continued to work for the Pope,
executing now one trifle and now another, when he commissioned me to design ..."
4. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1827)
"Mil. crowns of the sonne. I have writen to Master Secre- ... in the holl xlv Mil
crowns off the sonne. ... Mil. other crowns, and so I have ..."
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