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crust (krust)

noun

    1. the hard, crisp outer part of bread
    2. a piece of this
    3. any dry, hard piece of bread
  2. the pastry shell of a pie
  3. any hard surface layer, as of snow or soil
  4. a hard deposit formed by wine on the inside surface of a bottle
  5. Slang audacity; insolence; gall
  6. Geol. the solid, rocky outer portion or shell of the earth; lithosphere
  7. Med. a dry, hard outer layer of blood, pus, or other bodily secretion

Etymology: ME cruste < OFr or L: OFr crouste < L crusta: for IE base see crude

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to cover or become covered with a crust
  2. to form or harden into a crust

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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crust Synonyms

crust

n.

  1. A crisp covering

    hull, rind, piecrust, pastry shell; see coat 2, shell 1.

  2. A surface layer

    coating, covering, deposit; see coat 3, outside 1.


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crust Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • subduct: As the subducting oceanic crust melts as it goes deeper into the Earth, the newly-created magma rises to the surface and forms volcanoes.

Adjective modifier

  • oceanic: Beyond Hatton Bank lies the oceanic crust of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Modifies a noun

  • pastry: To make a rich short crust pastry, use a beaten whole egg, reserving a small amount to finish the dish.

Noun used with modifier

  • suet: Sussex Pond Pudding A Sussex Pond pudding has a steaming suet crust which encases a whole lemon with golden buttery sugar syrup.

Possessives

  • earth: The Earth's crust is divided into big slabs, called plates, which are slowly moving all the time.

Preposition: of

  • bread: The slices of bread are stacked neatly, resting on a crust of bread.
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crust quotes

It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished earth.

-Kuralt, Charles

Shut close the door; press down the latch; Sleep in thy intellectual crust; Nor lose ten tickings of thy watch Near this unprofitable dust.

-Wordsworth,William

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