Definitions for crust
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Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. crust, Earth's crustnoun

   the outer layer of the Earth

2. crust, incrustation, encrustationnoun

   a hard outer layer that covers something

3. crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshnessverb

   the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

4. crustverb

   form a crust or form into a crust

   "The bread crusted in the oven"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. crustnoun

   A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

2. crustnoun

   The external layer of most types of bread.

3. crustnoun

   Outer layer composed of pastry

4. crustnoun

   Bread foundation of pizza

5. crustnoun

   The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.

6. crustnoun

   Nerve, gall.

   You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.

7. crustverb

   To cover with a crust.

8. crustverb

   To form a crust.

9. Etymology: crusta via and cruste.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CRUSTnoun

   Etymology: crusta, Latin.

   1. Any shell, or external coat, by which any body is enveloped.

   I have known the statue of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Joseph Addison, on Ancient Medals.

   2. An incrustation; collection of matter into a hard body.

   Were the river a confusion of never so many different bodies, if they had been all actually dissolved, they would at least have formed one continued crust; as we see the scorium of metals always gathers into a solid piece. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   The viscuous crust stops the entry of the chyle into the lacteals. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   3. The case of a pye made of meal, and baked.

   He was never suffered to go abroad, for fear of catching cold: when he should have been hunting down a buck, he was by his mother’s side learning how to season it, or put it in crust. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 462.

   4. The outer hard part of bread.

   Th’ impenetrable crust thy teeth defies,
   And petrify’d with age, securely lies. John Dryden, Juv. Sat. v.

   5. A waste piece of bread.

   Y’ are liberal now; but when your turn is sped,
   You’ll wish me choak’d with every crust of bread. Dryden.

   Men will do tricks, like dogs, for crusts. Roger L'Estrange.

2. To Crustverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To envelop; to cover with a hard case.

   Why gave you me a monarch’s soul,
   And crusted it with base plebeian clay. John Dryden, Span. Fryar.

   Nor is it improbable but that, in process of time, the whole surface of it may be crusted over, as the islands enlarge themselves, and the banks close in upon them. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   And now their legs, and breasts, and bodies stood
   Crusted with bark, and hard’ning into wood. Addison.

   In some, who have run up to men without education, we may observe many great qualities darkened and eclipsed; their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. Henry Felton.

   2. To foul with concretions.

   If your master hath many musty, or very foul and crusted bottles, let those be the first you truck at the next alehouse. Jonathan Swift, Directions to the Butler.

3. To Crustverb

   To gather or contract a crust; to gain a hard covering.

   I contented myself with a plaister upon the place that was burnt, which crusted and healed in very few days. William Temple.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Crustnoun

   the hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow

2. Crustnoun

   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. Crustnoun

   the cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents

4. Crustnoun

   the dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling

5. Crustnoun

   the exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior

6. Crustnoun

   the shell of crabs, lobsters, etc

7. Crustnoun

   a hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body

8. Crustnoun

   an incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing

9. Crustnoun

   to cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust

10. Crustverb

    to gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted

11. Etymology: [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. crote; prob. akin to Gr. ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Crust

   In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet or natural satellite, which is chemically distinct from the underlying mantle. The crusts of Earth, our Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Io, and other planetary bodies have been generated largely by igneous processes, and these crusts are richer in incompatible elements than their respective mantles.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Crust

   krust, n. the hard rind or outside coating of anything: the outer part of bread: covering of a pie, &c.: (geol.) the solid exterior of the earth.—v.t. to cover with a crust or hard case.—v.i. to gather into a hard crust.—adj. Crustāt′ed, covered with a crust.—n. Crustā′tion, an adherent crust.—adv. Crust′ily.—n. Crust′iness.—adj. Crust′y, of the nature of or having a crust, as port or other wine: having a hard or harsh exterior: hard: snappy: surly. [O. Fr.,—L. crusta, rind.]

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1. • Change Surface
   • Covering
   • Layer
   • Lithosphere

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crust in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of crust in a Sentence

1. Jeff Varasano:

   The style I like is not quite Neapolitan, not quite New York. Sort of a hybrid in the middle, but the crust is very, very light.

2. Edna St. Vincent Millay:

   Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin.

3. Oliver White:

   The fact that there are so many large faults in this part of Pluto indicates that the crust has experienced a major extension at some point in its history.

4. Alien Life -RSB- Raymond:

   If you've been there or seen pictures, you know how barren that landscape is, in terms of fundamental nutrient availability of carbon and nitrogen, these things are tough to get your hands on when you're in a biological soil crust.

5. Michael Garcia:

   Rapid loading of the crust causes it to subside, when a giant volcano forms, the hot mantle flows away from the weight allowing the volcano to sink.

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