Crest or CREST may refer to:

Buildings

* The Crest (Huntington, New York), a historic house in Suffolk County, New York * "The Crest", an alternate name for 63 Wall Street, in Manhattan, New York * Crest Castle (Château Du Crest), Jussy, Switzerland * Crest House, a building, now in ruins, at the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado * Crest Theatre, a historic theatre in downtown Sacramento, California * Nimoy Theater, formerly Majestic Crest Theatre, Los Angeles, California * Crest Theatre, in Old School Square, Delray Beach, Florida

Business or commerce

Crest (toothpaste) Crest is an American brand of toothpaste and other oral hygiene products made by American multinational Procter & Gamble (P&G) and sold worldwide. In many countries in Europe, such as Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Pola ...

, a brand of toothpaste * Crest Audio, an American manufacturer of power amplifiers and mixing consoles * Crest Animation Productions, an animation studio in Burbank, California * Crest Animation Studios, an animation studio in India * Crest Books, an imprint of now defunct

Fawcett Publications Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885–1940). It kicked off with the publication of the bawdy humor magazine ''Captain Billy's Whiz ...

* Crest Hotels, a defunct hotel chain in the UK * Crest Manufacturing Company, producer of the Crestmobile in the 1900s * Certificateless Registry for Electronic Share Transfer (CREST), the platform operated by Euroclear UK & International, a British central securities depository *

Center for Research in Economics and Statistics The Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) is the center of research of the INSEE, the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. The research center is affiliated with the ENSAE graduate school. It has been di ...

, Paris, France

Education

* Crest Boys' Academy, a former secondary school in Neasden in the London Borough of Brent * Crest Girls' Academy, a former secondary school in Neasden * Crest High School (Kansas), Colony, Kansas * Crest High School (North Carolina), Boiling Springs, North Carolina * E-ACT Crest Academy, a secondary school which replaced Crest Boys' and Girls' Academies and Crest Sixth Form in 2014 *

Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology The Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) is a research centre into renewable energy based in the Department of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University in England. Profile Established in 199 ...

, Loughborough University, UK * GuildHE Research, formerly Consortium for Research Excellence, Support and Training (CREST), an organisation that provides training and research support for UK universities

Music

* The Crest (band), a gothic metal band from Oslo, Norway *

The Crests The Crests are an American doo-wop group, formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid 1950s. The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records. Their most popular song, " 16 Candles", rose to #2 on the ' ...

, a late 1950s R&B doo wop band whose big hit was "16 Candles" * Crest Records, an American record label from 1954 to 1963 * ''Crest'' (album), a 2022 album by Bladee and Ecco2K * ''The Crest'' (album), a 2010 album by Axel Rudi Pell

Places

* Crest, California, an unincorporated community, United States * Crest, Drôme, a commune in the Drôme ''département'', France * Crest, Georgia, an unincorporated community, United States * Crest, Missouri, an unincorporated community, United States * Crest Mountain, British Columbia, Canada * Le Crest, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme ''département'', France * The Crest (Antarctica), a summit near Hope Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula

Science and medicine

* Crest (anatomy), various anatomical features *

Crest (feathers) The crest is a prominent feature exhibited by several bird species on their heads. It is distinct from features such as casques and cockscombs - sometimes erroneously referred to as "crests", which are bony and fleshy structures respectively. ...

, a prominent feature exhibited by several bird and other dinosaur species on their heads * Crest (hydrology), the highest level above a certain datum or reference point that a river will reach in a certain amount of time *

Crest and trough A crest point on a wave is the highest point of the wave. A crest is a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum. A trough is the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point of the wave. When the cres ...

, the section of a wave that rises above an undisturbed position * Crest factor, a dimensionless number quantifying the shapes of waves *

CREST syndrome CREST syndrome, also known as the limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis (lcSSc), is a multisystem connective tissue disease, connective tissue disorder. The acronym "CREST" refers to the five main features: calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomeno ...

, a limited form of the disease scleroderma *

Ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest, wi ...

or Mountain crest, a geological feature

Ships

* ''Crest'' (1900 steamboat), which operated in Puget Sound on the west coast of the United States * , a US Navy minesweeper from 1917 to 1919

Symbols

Crest (heraldry) A crest is a component of a heraldic display, consisting of the device borne on top of the helm. Originating in the decorative sculptures worn by knights in tournaments and, to a lesser extent, battles, crests became solely pictorial after ...

, a component of a heraldic display * Club crest, a common word for the logo used by a sports club * Crest or 'unit crest' (army) a common word for a

Distinctive unit insignia A distinctive unit insignia (DUI) is a metallic Heraldry, heraldic badge or device worn by soldiers in the United States Army. The DUI design is derived from the coat of arms authorized for a unit. DUIs may also be called "distinctive insignia" (D ...

Other uses

* ''Crest'' (video game), an indirect god game by Eat Create Sleep * Norm Grier Field, formerly Crest Airpark, a public airport in the state of Washington * Crests (''Digimon''), powerful artifacts in the '' Digimon Adventure'' anime series * Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest (1690–1766), Genevan military engineer, physicist and cartographer