crust

  • 11crust — ► NOUN 1) the tough outer part of a loaf of bread. 2) a hard, dry scrap of bread. 3) informal a living or livelihood: earning a crust. 4) a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on something soft. 5) a layer of pastry covering a pie. 6) the… …

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  • 12Crust — 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] || …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13crust — [krust] n. [ME cruste < OFr or L: OFr crouste < L crusta: for IE base see CRUDE] 1. a) the hard, crisp outer part of bread b) a piece of this c) any dry, hard piece of bread 2. the pastry shell of a pie …

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  • 14Crust — bezeichnet: eine Stilrichtung des Punk, siehe Crustcore eine EP der Band Sarcófago ein Album der Band Sadist Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort b …

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  • 15crust — [n] stiff outer layer; coating band, bloom, border, caking, coat, concretion, covering, edge, encrustation, film, hull, incrustation, integument, layer, outside, rind, scab, shell, skin, surface, verge; concept 484 …

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  • 16crust — crustless, adj. /krust/, n. 1. the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb). 2. a slice of bread from the end of a loaf, consisting chiefly of this. 3. the pastry covering the outside of a pie or …

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  • 17crust — /krʌst / (say krust) noun 1. the hard outer portion of a loaf of bread (distinguished from crumb). 2. a piece of this. 3. the outside covering of a pie. 4. any more or less hard external covering or coating. 5. the hard outer shell or covering of …

  • 18crust — [[t]krʌ̱st[/t]] crusts 1) N COUNT The crust on a loaf of bread is the outside part. 2) N COUNT A pie s crust is its cooked pastry. 3) N COUNT A crust is a hard layer of something, especially on top of a softer or wetter substance. As the water… …

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  • 19crust — noun 1 on a loaf of bread, pie, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ thick, thin ▪ flaky (esp. AmE) ▪ bread, pastry, pie, pizza …

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  • 20crust */ — UK [krʌst] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms crust : singular crust plural crusts 1) the hard brown outer part of a loaf of bread a crust of bread: Sparrows pecked at a crust of bread. 2) a layer of cooked pastry that forms the outer… …

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