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crust
- /kɹʌst/
- /kɹʊst/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌst
Where it comes from
From Middle English cruste, from Anglo-Norman and Old French cruste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”), related to Old Norse hroðr (“scurf”), Old English hruse (“earth”), Old High German hrosa (“crust, ice”), Latvian kruvesis (“frozen mud”), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “frost, icy cold”), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal, ice”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀- (xruzdra-, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रूड् (krūḍ, “thicken, make hard”). Doublet of crusta.
noun crusts
- A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
- The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
- An outer layer composed of pastry Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
- The bread-like base of a pizza.
- A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.
- The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth. Holonyms: lithosphere < Earth
- The outermost layer of the lithosphere of any terrestrial planet. Holonyms: lithosphere < planet
- The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
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A living.
to earn one's crust
Similar: daily bread, income, livelihood
- Nerve, gall. You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
- The head. “Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”
- Ellipsis of crust punk, a subgenre of punk music.
Similar: heel
verb crusts · crusting · crusted
- To cover with a crust. The whole body is crusted over with ice.
- To form a crust. , The Goblin Reign Boxed Set Thistle held her hand over the wound and pressed a wad of tree moss against it. "Don't move," she said. "Let it crust."
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: encrustation, incrustation, gall, cheekiness, freshness, insolence, impudence, impertinence, bowl, corn, bread, paste, dough, pastry, pie, pudding
noun
Similar: heel
Translations
Every language
noun outermost layer of a planet
| Español | corteza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지각 jigak |
| 日本語 | 地殻 chikaku |
| 中文 | 地殼 /地壳 dìqiào |
| हिन्दी | भूपर्पटी bhūparpaṭī, पर्पटी parpaṭī |
| Português | crosta |
| Français | croûte, écorce |
| Deutsch | Kruste |
| Italiano | crosta |
| Ελληνικά | φλοιός floiós |
| Română | crustă |
| Русский | кора́ korá |
| Tiếng Việt | lớp vỏ |
| العربية | قِشْرَة qišra |
noun outer layer of crustacean
| Русский | па́нцирь páncirʹ |
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title = {crust},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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