crust
crust
Definition
crust (krust)
noun
- the hard, crisp outer part of bread
- a piece of this
- any dry, hard piece of bread
- the pastry shell of a pie
- any hard surface layer, as of snow or soil
- a hard deposit formed by wine on the inside surface of a bottle
- Slang audacity; insolence; gall
- Geol. the solid, rocky outer portion or shell of the earth; lithosphere
- 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
- to cover or become covered with a crust
- to form or harden into a crust
crust
Synonyms
crust
n.
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.
- earn: There are much easier ways to earn a crooked crust.
- remove: With a sharp object remove the remaining crust with a cloth dipped in oil.
Adjective modifier
- oceanic: Beyond Hatton Bank lies the oceanic crust of the North Atlantic Ocean.
- continental: The continental crust under Tibet is over 70 kilometers thick.
- earth's: It's present in far larger quantities in the earth's crust than the other 'classical' metals.
- breakable: Also the ice was thin and crusty in places with the breakable crust on the snow needing care.
- icy: This hints at the near certainty of a totally liquid ocean beneath the icy crust.
- upper: The servants sat down to their meal at a later time to the ' upper crust ' .
Modifies a noun
- pastry: To make a rich short crust pastry, use a beaten whole egg, reserving a small amount to finish the dish.
- pizza: That said, choosing a thick crust pizza base can add a lot of unnecessary calories to your meal.
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.
- pastry: Me, I can't make a nice pastry crust to save my life.
- pie: Or is this still more Tory pie crust minus the filling?
- ocean: The reserve appears to be the best preserved fragment of ocean crust known above sea level.
- herb: During grilling, the marinade forms an herb crust that underscores the sweetness of the lamb.
- pizza: Oscar then went back to the other room and dragged the pizza crust under the bathtub.
Possessives
- earth: The Earth's crust is divided into big slabs, called plates, which are slowly moving all the time.
Preposition: of
crust Quotes
It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished earth.
Shut close the door; press down the latch; Sleep in thy intellectual crust; Nor lose ten tickings of thy watch Near this unprofitable dust.
Browse dictionary entries near crust
- crustacean
- crustaceous
- crustal
- crusty
- crutch
- crux
- crux ansata
- cruzado
- crwth
- cry
