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crowning glory

crowning glory noun: the best and most notable aspect of something; the greatest achievement; the most beautiful thing.

Noun

crowning glory (plural crowning glories)

  1. The best and most notable aspect of something; the greatest achievement; the most beautiful thing.
    • Her hair is her crowning glory.
    • The crowning glory of the property developments was then built in 1927-29 as a luxury block of flats above Baker Street […]. Chiltern Court became the home of authors H G Wells and Arnold Bennett.2024 January 24, Stefanie Foster, “Metro-land's legacy for today's railway”, in RAIL, number 1001, pages 58-59

Forms of crowning glory

pluralcrowning glories

Questions about crowning glory

What does crowning glory mean?
Crowning glory means the best and most notable aspect of something; the greatest achievement; the most beautiful thing.
What part of speech is crowning glory?
Crowning glory is a noun.
What is the plural of crowning glory?
The plural of crowning glory is crowning glories.

Words near crowning glory in the dictionary

  1. crowngrass
  2. crowngrasses
  3. crowning
  4. crowning achievement
  5. crowning achievements
  6. crowning glory
  7. crowning it all
  8. crowningly
  9. crownings
  10. crownland
  11. crownlands

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