crête — meaning in English

English meaning

• cockscomb noun The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
• comb noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
• crest noun The highest point of something, such as a hill or wave.
• Crete name The largest Greek island, located in the eastern Mediterranean.
• ridge noun A long, narrow raised strip of land, such as a chain of hills or mountains.

Senses

crête is used for these senses in English:

• Crete An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.
• cockscomb A fleshy red crest of a rooster
• comb A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
• cristate Having a crest; crested.

cockscomb — full definition

1. noun The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
2. noun A red cap once worn by court jesters.
3. noun A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).
4. noun An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers.

comb — full definition

1. noun A flat toothed tool used for untangling, styling, or holding hair in place.
2. noun The fleshy red crest on top of a rooster's or hen's head.
3. noun The structure of six-sided wax cells bees build to store honey and raise their young; a honeycomb.
4. verb To groom hair or fur with a comb.
5. verb To search an area thoroughly and systematically.

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