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crusted
crust C0778300 (krŭst)n.1. a. The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.b. A piece of bread consisting mostly of the hard outer portion.c. A piece of bread that has become hard and dry.2. A pastry shell, as of a pie or tart.3. A hard crisp covering or surface: snow with a firm crust.4. A hard deposit formed on the interior of a wine bottle as the wine matures.5. Geology a. The solid, outermost layer of the earth, lying above the mantle.b. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.6. The hard outer covering or integument of certain plants and animals, such as lichens and crustaceans.7. An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.8. Informal Insolence; audacity; gall.v. crust·ed, crust·ing, crusts v.tr.1. To cover with a crust.2. To form into a crust.v.intr.1. To become covered with a crust.2. To harden into a crust.
[Middle English cruste, from Old French crouste, from Latin crusta; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]
crust′less adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | crusted - having a hardened crust as a coveringcrustlike, crusty, encrustedcovered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" |
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