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- [kruhst]
- /krʌst/
- /krʌst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kruhst]
- /krʌst/
Definitions of crust word
- countable noun crust The crust on a loaf of bread is the outside part. 3
- countable noun crust A pie's crust is its cooked pastry. 3
- countable noun crust A crust is a hard layer of something, especially on top of a softer or wetter substance. 3
- countable noun crust The Earth's crust is its outer layer. 3
- noun crust the hard outer part of bread 3
- noun crust a piece of bread consisting mainly of this 3
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Origin of crust
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French cruste, croste < Latin crusta hard coating, crust
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Parts of speech for Crust
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
crust popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
crust usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crust
noun crust
- layer — protocol layer
- surface — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- bloom — A bloom is the flower on a plant.
- shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
Antonyms for crust
noun crust
- core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
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