1. Noun
The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.
2. Noun
The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.
3. Noun
The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents.
4. Noun
The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling.
5. Noun
The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.
6. Noun
The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
7. Noun
A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.
8. Noun
An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.
9. Noun
To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust.
10. Verb
To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
11. Noun
the outer layer of the Earth
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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