CROWN JEWELS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crown jewels mean? 

• CROWN JEWELS (noun)
  The noun CROWN JEWELS has 1 sense:

1. regalia (jewelry and other paraphernalia) worn by a sovereign on state occasions

  Familiarity information: CROWN JEWELS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROWN JEWELS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regalia (jewelry and other paraphernalia) worn by a sovereign on state occasions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crown jewels" is a kind of...):

regalia (paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office))

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown jewels"):

crown; diadem (an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty)