crust

noun

ˈkrəst

: the hardened exterior or surface part of bread

: a piece of this or of bread grown dry or hard

: the pastry shell of a pie : piecrust

: the bready layer that forms the foundation of a pizza

: a hard or brittle external coat or covering: such as

: a hard surface layer (as of soil or snow)

: the outer part of a planet, moon, or asteroid composed essentially of crystalline rocks

: a deposit built up on the interior surface of a wine bottle during long aging

: an encrusting deposit (as of the eye) of dried secretions or exudate

also : scab

: gall, nerve

crust verb

crustal

ˈkrə-stᵊl

adjective

crustless

ˈkrəs(t)-ləs How to pronounce crust (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

Her children prefer to eat their sandwiches with the crust cut off. a pie with flaky crust He likes pizza with thin crust.

Recent Examples on the Web Brush crust with beaten egg and sprinkle with a little sugar.

Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022 To up the decadent ante, the fruit filling is sandwiched between a buttery, shortbread-like crust and a coconut-hazelnut crumble topping.

Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022 Park visitors are warned to stay on the boardwalks and trails in thermal areas, where some of the pools and springs have a thin, breakable crust covering the scalding and sometimes acidic water.

Amy Beth Hanson And Thomas Peipert, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022 The ingredients never overshadowed the crisp, bready crust.

Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Bake crust until set and aromatic, about 8 minutes.

People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022 Seek out a creamy, firm goat cheese that will stand up to the juices and form a sturdy, bubbling crust.

WSJ, 26 July 2022 In 2019, Kellogg sold its cookie, pie crust, ice cream cone and fruit business to Ferraro Group.

Joe Cornell, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The frisson lies in the touches: duck wings instead of chicken, served jerk-style with cilantro pesto; a za’atar crust for the rack of lamb; harissa glaze on a Kurobuta pork chop special.

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English crouste, cruste, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French cruste, crouste, going back to Latin crusta "hard coating or surface layer, shell of an arthropod or crustacean, mineral flake, stone slab used in paneling," perhaps, if going back to *krus-to- "something crushed or pounded into a hard layer," from a zero-grade nominal derivative of Indo-European *kreu̯s- "beat, crush, pound," whence also Old English hruse "earth, ground," Old High German roso, rosa "crust, layer of ice" (going back to Germanic *hrusōn-) — more at anacrusis

Note: The hypothetical base *krus-to- is suggested by Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2008), p. 147, though the older handbooks (Walde-Hoffman, Ernout-Meillet) tend to support a connection with Greek krýos "icy cold, frost" and other derivatives, going back to a presumed homonymous *krus- (see cryo-). As de Vaan points out, however, Latin crusta does not mean "ice." The original sense of the Germanic noun *hrusōn- is not certain. Greek krýstallos "ice, rock crystal" is almost certainly unrelated (see crystal entry 1).

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

单词	crusting
释义	crust noun ˈkrəst 1 a : the hardened exterior or surface part of bread b : a piece of this or of bread grown dry or hard 2 a : the pastry shell of a pie : piecrust b : the bready layer that forms the foundation of a pizza 3 : a hard or brittle external coat or covering: such as a : a hard surface layer (as of soil or snow) b : the outer part of a planet, moon, or asteroid composed essentially of crystalline rocks c : a deposit built up on the interior surface of a wine bottle during long aging d : an encrusting deposit (as of the eye) of dried secretions or exudate also : scab 4 : gall, nerve crust verb crustal ˈkrə-stᵊl adjective crustless ˈkrəs(t)-ləs adjective Synonyms audaciousness audacity brashness brass brassiness brazenness cheek cheekiness chutzpah chutzpa hutzpah hutzpa effrontery face gall nerve nerviness pertness presumption presumptuousness sauce sauciness temerity See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Her children prefer to eat their sandwiches with the crust cut off. a pie with flaky crust He likes pizza with thin crust. Recent Examples on the Web Brush crust with beaten egg and sprinkle with a little sugar. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022 To up the decadent ante, the fruit filling is sandwiched between a buttery, shortbread-like crust and a coconut-hazelnut crumble topping. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022 Park visitors are warned to stay on the boardwalks and trails in thermal areas, where some of the pools and springs have a thin, breakable crust covering the scalding and sometimes acidic water. Amy Beth Hanson And Thomas Peipert, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022 The ingredients never overshadowed the crisp, bready crust. Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Bake crust until set and aromatic, about 8 minutes. People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022 Seek out a creamy, firm goat cheese that will stand up to the juices and form a sturdy, bubbling crust. WSJ, 26 July 2022 In 2019, Kellogg sold its cookie, pie crust, ice cream cone and fruit business to Ferraro Group. Joe Cornell, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The frisson lies in the touches: duck wings instead of chicken, served jerk-style with cilantro pesto; a za’atar crust for the rack of lamb; harissa glaze on a Kurobuta pork chop special. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English crouste, cruste, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French cruste, crouste, going back to Latin crusta "hard coating or surface layer, shell of an arthropod or crustacean, mineral flake, stone slab used in paneling," perhaps, if going back to krus-to- "something crushed or pounded into a hard layer," from a zero-grade nominal derivative of Indo-European kreu̯s- "beat, crush, pound," whence also Old English hruse "earth, ground," Old High German roso, rosa "crust, layer of ice" (going back to Germanic hrusōn-) — more at anacrusis Note: The hypothetical base krus-to- is suggested by Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2008), p. 147, though the older handbooks (Walde-Hoffman, Ernout-Meillet) tend to support a connection with Greek krýos "icy cold, frost" and other derivatives, going back to a presumed homonymous krus- (see cryo-). As de Vaan points out, however, Latin crusta* does not mean "ice." The original sense of the Germanic noun hrusōn- is not certain. Greek krýstallos* "ice, rock crystal" is almost certainly unrelated (see crystal entry 1). First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing crust earn a/one's crust upper crust the upper crust earn a/one's crust upper crust the upper crust Kids Definition crust noun ˈkrəst 1 : the hardened outside surface of bread 2 : a hard dry piece of bread 3 : the pastry cover of a pie 4 : a hard outer covering or surface layer a crust of snow 5 : the outer part of the earth Medical Definition crust noun ˈkrəst 1 : scab sense 2 2 : an encrusting deposit of serum, cellular debris, and bacteria present over or about lesions in some skin diseases (as impetigo or eczema) crusting verb present participle of crust as in caking to cover with a hardened layer pipes crusted with mineral deposits Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance caking coating encrusting smearing riming incrusting covering hardening coagulating spreading congealing besmearing daubing
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crust

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