crust
IPA: krˈʌst
noun
- A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
- The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
- An outer layer composed of pastry
- The bread-like base of a pizza.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Northeastern US, Upper Midwestern US) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.
- (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
- (astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of any terrestrial planet.
- The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
- (Britain, Australia, informal) A living.
- (uncountable, informal) Nerve, gall.
- (UK, Australia, slang, dated) The head.
- (music) Ellipsis of crust punk (a subgenre of punk music) [(uncountable) A subgenre of punk rock, derived from hardcore punk with extreme metal elements, often with pessimistic lyrics about political and social ills.]
verb
- (transitive) To cover with a crust.
- (intransitive) To form a crust.
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Examples of "crust" in Sentences
- The crust is underlain by the mantle.
- Earth's crust wanders, drifts and shifts.
- The breading adds a crispy crust to the exterior.
- It's like lasagna without the noodles and with a crust.
- It is the grain of the wood and it is the oceanic crust.
- Rolling out pie crust is not as hard has you might think
- The breading adds a crispy coating or crust to the exterior.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the crust is a golden color.
- The outer layer of the bread is light brown and called the crust.
- The crust is more important: Oreo crusts is the best! rhiannon Oct 20
- White chocolate cheesecake with an Oreo crust is my personal favorite.
- But for many, crusts are part of the allure of a delicious loaf of bread.
- Basically, the crumb is everything that the crust isn't in a loaf of bread.
- A slightly crisp shortbread crust is the perfect contrast to a creamy sweet-tart filling.
- The cake might be based on a thin cookielike crust or one formed of crushed graham crackers.
- I love the holes in this one and the crust is amazing, I think it is basically the same bread I make in my Römertopf, but less fuss.
- I am quite sure that few, if any of you, believe that I descended into the cleft of a great diamond lying beneath what we call the crust of the earth.
- _the level in the crust at which the rocks are softened is nearer to the surface in the geosynclines than it is elsewhere in the normal crust_ (Pl. XV, p. 118).
- (_kî-a_) which we call the crust of the earth, while the hollow beneath this inhabitable crust was fancied as a bottomless pit or abyss (_ge_), in which dwelt many powers.