corona

/kəˈɹəʊ.nə/noun
Middle School
1

A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.

2

A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.

3

The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.

4

The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.

5

The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.

6

The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.

7

An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.

8

Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.

9

Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).

10

A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

Words that share the same ending sound pattern

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing