crust

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

Latin crusta (“‘hard outer covering’”).

[edit] Noun

Singular
crust

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural crusts

crust (countable and uncountable; plural crusts)

  1. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  2. The external layer of most types of bread.
  3. (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth. Thickness ranges between 15-35 km.
  4. (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
    You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.

[edit] Translations

any solid, hard surface layer
outer layer of bread
outermost layer of a planet
nerve, gall

[edit] See also

crusty

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to crust

Third person singular
crusts

Simple past
crusted

Past participle
crusted

Present participle
crusting

to crust (third-person singular simple present crusts, present participle crusting, simple past and past participle crusted)

  1. To cover with a crust.
  2. To form a crust.

[edit] Translations

to cover with a crust
to form a crust

[edit] Anagrams

  • Anagrams of crstu
  • curst
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