crust /krust/

1. The hard rind or outside coating of anything
2. The outer part of bread
3. A dried-up scrap of bread
4. The covering of a pie, etc
5. Ice on top of soft snow (skiing)
6. The solid exterior of the earth, consisting mainly of sedimentary rocks resting on ancient igneous rocks
7. The dry scaly covering on a skin lesion
8. A layer of sediment on the side of the bottle in some wines and ports
9. A livelihood (slang)
10. The head, usu in the phrase off one's crust (slang)
11. Impertinence (old slang)

To cover with a crust or hard case

To gather into a hard crust

crustˈal adjective

Relating to a crust, esp the earth's

crustˈate or crustātˈed adjective

Covered with a crust

crustāˈtion noun

An adherent crust

crustˈily adverb

• cut no ice
• cut off
• cut-off
• cut off one's nose to spite one's face
• cut-offs
• cut off with a shilling
• cut one's coat according to one's cloth
• cut one's eye teeth
• cut one's losses
• cut one's lucky
• cut one's own throat
• cut one's stick
• cut one's teeth
• cut one's teeth on
• cut one's throat
• cut out
• cut-out
• cut out for
• cut out of whole cloth
• cut-outs
• cut-over
• cut-price
• cutpurse
• cutpurses
• cut-rate