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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024crust /krʌst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Foodthe brown, hard outer surface of a loaf of bread.
- Fooda slice of bread from the end of the loaf.
- Foodthe pastry containing the filling of a pie or other dish.
- any hard outer covering or coating, as of ice or snow.
- [usually singular] the outer layer of the earth:The earth's crust is about 22 mi. (35 km) deep under the continents and 6 mi. (10 km) deep under the oceans.
v. [~ + object] - to cover with a crust:The road was crusted with snow and ice.
crust•al, adj.: the earth's crustal plates. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024crust (krust),USA pronunciation n. - Foodthe brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Fooda slice of bread from the end of a loaf, consisting chiefly of this.
- Foodthe 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.
- Geologythe outer layer of the earth, about 22 mi. (35 km) deep under the continents and 6 mi. (10 km) deep under the oceans. Cf. mantle (def. 3), core 1 (def. 10).
- a scab or eschar.
- Slang Termsunabashed self-assertiveness;
nerve;
gall:He had a lot of crust going to the party without an invitation. - Winedeposit from wine, as it ripens during aging, on the interior of bottles, consisting of tartar and coloring matter.
- Invertebratesthe hard outer shell or covering of an animal.
- British Terms[Australian Slang.]a living or livelihood:What do you do for a crust?
v.t. - to cover with or as with a crust;
encrust. - to form (something) into a crust.
v.i. - to form or contract a crust.
- to form into a crust.
- Latin crusta hard coating, crust
- Anglo-French, Old French cruste, croste
- Middle English 1275–1325
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