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crust
[ kruhst ]
noun
- the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread ( crumb ).
- a slice of bread from the end of a loaf, consisting chiefly of this.
- the pastry covering the outside of a pie or other dish.
- a piece of stale bread.
- any more or less hard external covering or coating:
a crust of snow.
- 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 ), core 1( def 10 ).
- a scab or eschar.
- Slang. unabashed self-assertiveness; nerve; gall:
He had a lot of crust going to the party without an invitation.
- deposit from wine, as it ripens during aging, on the interior of bottles, consisting of tartar and coloring matter.
- the hard outer shell or covering of an animal.
- Australian Slang. a living or livelihood:
What do you do for a crust?
verb (used with object)
- to cover with or as with a crust; encrust.
- to form (something) into a crust.
verb (used without object)
- to form or contract a crust.
- to form into a crust.
crust
/ ʌ /
noun
- the hard outer part of bread
- a piece of bread consisting mainly of this
- the baked shell of a pie, tart, etc
- any hard or stiff outer covering or surface
a crust of ice
- the dry covering of a skin sore or lesion; scab
- a layer of acid potassium tartrate deposited by some wine, esp port, on the inside of the bottle
- the hard outer layer of such organisms as lichens and crustaceans
- slang.impertinence
- slang.a living (esp in the phrase earn a crust )
verb
- to cover with or acquire a crust
- to form or be formed into a crust
crust
/ ŭ /
- The solid, outermost layer of the Earth, lying above the mantle.
- ◆ The crust that includes continents is called continental crust and is about 35.4 to 70 km (22 to 43.4 mi) thick. It consists mostly of rocks, such as granites and granodiorites, that are rich in silica and aluminum, with minor amounts of iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium.
- ◆ The crust that includes ocean floors is called oceanic crust and is about 4.8 to 9.7 km (3 to 6 mi) thick. It has a similar composition to that of continental crust, but has higher concentrations of iron, magnesium, and calcium and is denser than continental crust. The predominant type of rock in oceanic crust is basalt.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ· adjective
- ·ٱ·ܲ verb (used with object)
- ܲ··ܲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crust1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crust1
Idioms and Phrases
see upper crust .Example Sentences
Two days later the reaction arrived: redness, itching, oozing, crusting and small, fluid-filled blisters up and down his legs.
We'll need far more spacecraft to figure out if anything living lies under the crust of these worlds, but in the meantime, Antarctica serves as a handy analog to figure out the limits of life.
Tarragon makes a wonderful herb crust on grilled meat or a colorful, flavorful garnish atop roasted veggies.
Mrs Pyrah had been trying to avoid a puddle near a pond by walking through an area that she thought had a "dry crusted top".
The critical clue for Sanei was a naturally occurring material called inertinite, a stable form of organic carbon in Earth’s crust, formed when wildfires char forests and the burned vegetation fossilizes.
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