TIARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tiara mean? 

• TIARA (noun)
  The noun TIARA has 1 sense:

1. a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions

  Familiarity information: TIARA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tiara" is a kind of...):

jeweled headdress; jewelled headdress (a headdress adorned with jewels)

 Context examples 

Ah yes, I recall the case; it was concerned with an opal tiara.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes’s eyes fixed themselves upon one of them, and following his gaze I saw the picture of a regal and stately lady in Court dress, with a high diamond tiara upon her noble head.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)