crested

adjective

crest·​ed ˈkre-stəd 

: having a crest

a crested bird

Examples of crested in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Spotify Wrapped includes top audiobooks, narrator for first time – Exclusive Sapo Concho gets his moment in the spotlight At the center of Spotify's campaign to celebrate Bad Bunny is Sapo Concho, a sort of macguffin for the artist in the form of Puerto Rico's native crested frog. —Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Dec. 2025

In one example, a Chinese crested DNA submission paired with a Brittany spaniel photo came back as border collie and golden retriever. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025

The order basically changed the eagle in the emblem from a crested eagle found all over the world to an American bald eagle. —Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025

Laying claim to more than 800 acres teeming with apple orchards, gardens both botanical and medieval, 500 British white cattle, 400 sheep, about 80 red deer and an armada of great crested newts — the Newt has more than a few. —Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing crested

• Chinese crested
• crested wheatgrass
• double-crested cormorant

Rhymes for crested

• bested
• chested
• jested
• nested
• quested
• rested
• tested
• vested
• wrested
• arrested
• attested
• congested