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Definitions for Crust

[1] the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
[2] a slice of bread from the end of a loaf, consisting chiefly of this.
[3] the pastry covering the outside of a pie or other dish.
[4] a piece of stale bread.
[5] any more or less hard external covering or coating: a crust of snow.
[6] Geology . the outer layer of the earth, about 22 miles (35 km) deep under the continents (continental crust) and 6 miles (10 km) deep under the oceans (oceanic crust) . Compare mantle(def 3) , core1(def 10) .
[7] a scab or eschar.
[8] Slang . unabashed self-assertiveness; nerve; gall: He had a lot of crust going to the party without an invitation.
[9] deposit from wine, as it ripens during aging, on the interior of bottles, consisting of tartar and coloring matter.
[10] the hard outer shell or covering of an animal.
[11] Australian Slang . a living or livelihood: What do you do for a crust?
[12] to cover with or as with a crust; encrust.
[13] to form (something) into a crust.
[14] to form or contract a crust.
[15] to form into a crust.
[16] the hard outer part of bread a piece of bread consisting mainly of this
[17] the baked shell of a pie, tart, etc
[18] any hard or stiff outer covering or surface a crust of ice
[19] the solid outer shell of the earth, with an average thickness of 30–35 km in continental regions and 5 km beneath the oceans, forming the upper part of the lithosphere and lying immediately above the mantle, from which it is separated by the Mohorovičić discontinuity See also sial, sima
[20] the dry covering of a skin sore or lesion; scab
[21] a layer of acid potassium tartrate deposited by some wine, esp port, on the inside of the bottle
[22] the hard outer layer of such organisms as lichens and crustaceans
[23] slang impertinence
[24] British , Australian and NZ slang a living (esp in the phrase earn a crust )
[25] to cover with or acquire a crust
[26] to form or be formed into a crust

Words related to Crust

layer, surface, skin, bloom, shell, covering, coat, rind, band, outside, edge, concretion, verge, hull, integument, border, film, scab, incrustation, encrustation

Words nearby Crust

crush-resistant, crushed velvet, crushproof, crusie, crusoe, crust, crustacean, crustaceous, crustal, crustal plate, crusted

Origin of Crust

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French cruste, croste < Latin crusta hard coating, crust

Other words from Crust

crust·less , adjective
in·ter·crust , verb (used with object)
un·der·crust , noun

Word origin for Crust

C14: from Latin crūsta hard surface, rind, shell

Synonyms for Crust

layer, skin, surface, band, bloom, border, caking, coat, concretion, covering, edge, encrustation, film, hull, incrustation, integument, outside, rind, scab, shell, verge