/kɹʌst/
OriginFrom Middle English cruste, from Anglo-Norman and Old French cruste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”), related to Old Norse hroðr (“scurf”), Old English hruse (“earth”), Old High German hrosa (“crust, ice”), Latvian kruvesis (“frozen mud”), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “frost, icy cold”), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal, ice”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀- (xruzdra-, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रूड् (krūḍ, “thicken, make hard”).
- countable, uncountableA more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
- countable, uncountableThe external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
- countable, uncountableAn outer layer composed of pastry
“Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.”
“They […] made the crust for the venison pasty.”
- countable, uncountableThe bread-like base of a pizza.
- Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New-ZealandA slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.
- countable, uncountableThe outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
“Holonyms: lithosphere < Earth”
“The crust (a mere 1% of the Earth's volume) is made of lighter melt products from the mantle.”
- broadly, countable, uncountableThe outermost layer of the lithosphere of any terrestrial planet.
“Holonyms: lithosphere < planet”
- countable, uncountableThe shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
- Australia, British, countable, informal, uncountableA living.
“to earn one's crust”
“Like most of us, I am frequently asked by friends and people I meet in business situations or round the dinner table what I do to earn my crust.”
- informal, uncountableNerve, gall.
“You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.”
““Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate ”
- Australia, UK, countable, dated, slangThe head.
““Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.””
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of crust punk, a subgenre of punk music.
- transitiveTo cover with a crust.
“The whole body is crusted over with ice.”
“Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock.”
- intransitiveTo form a crust.
“, The Goblin Reign Boxed Set
Thistle held her hand over the wound and pressed a wad of tree moss against it. "Don't move," she said. "Let it crust."”
Formscrusts(plural) · crusts(present, singular, third-person) · crusting(participle, present) · crusted(participle, past) · crusted(past)