'Crust' definitions:
Definition of 'crust'
From: WordNet
noun
The outer layer of the Earth [syn: crust, Earth's crust]
noun
A hard outer layer that covers something [syn: crust, incrustation, encrustation]
noun
The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties [syn: crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness]
verb
Form a crust or form into a crust; "The bread crusted in the oven"
Definition of 'Crust'
From: GCIDE
- Crust \Crust\ (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. cro[^u]te; prob. akin to Gr. ????? ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard.]
- 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. [1913 Webster]
- I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Cookery) (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. [1913 Webster]
- Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crust'
From: GCIDE
- Crust \Crust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusting.] [Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See Crust, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. [1913 Webster]
- The whole body is crusted over with ice. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Very foul and crusted bottles. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. --Felton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crust'
From: GCIDE
- Crust \Crust\, v. i. To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted. [1913 Webster]
- The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. --Temple. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crust'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acres,
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- arable land,
- black bread,
- border,
- brashness,
- brass,
- bread,
- bread stick,
- bread stuff,
- brown bread,
- cheek,
- chutzpah,
- circumference,
- clay,
- clod,
- confidence,
- cortex,
- covering,
- cracked-wheat bread,
- dark bread,
- dirt,
- dry land,
- dust,
- earth,
- effloresce,
- encrust,
- envelope,
- epidermis,
- eschar,
- exterior,
- external,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- freehold,
- French bread,
- fringe,
- front,
- gall,
- garlic bread,
- glebe,
- graham bread,
- grassland,
- ground,
- incrust,
- incrustation,
- integument,
- Irish soda bread,
- Italian bread,
- land,
- landholdings,
- lineaments,
- lithosphere,
- loaf of bread,
- loricate,
- marginal land,
- marl,
- matzo,
- matzoth,
- mold,
- nerve,
- nut bread,
- outer face,
- outer layer,
- outer side,
- outer skin,
- outline,
- outside,
- pain,
- pastry shell,
- periphery,
- piecrust,
- pita,
- presumption,
- pumpernickel,
- raisin bread,
- real estate,
- real property,
- region,
- regolith,
- rind,
- rye bread,
- salt-rising bread,
- scab,
- scale,
- shell,
- skin,
- sod,
- soil,
- sourbread,
- sourdough bread,
- staff of life,
- stalactite,
- stalagmite,
- subaerial deposit,
- subsoil,
- superficies,
- superstratum,
- surface,
- terra,
- terra firma,
- terrain,
- territory,
- the country,
- toast,
- tommy,
- top,
- topsoil,
- unleavened bread,
- white bread,
- whole wheat bread,
- woodland