ALL meanings of crust
crust
C c - 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
- noun crust the baked shell of a pie, tart, etc 3
- noun crust any hard or stiff outer covering or surface 3
- noun crust the solid outer shell of the earth, with an average thickness of 30–35 km in continental regions and 5 km beneath the oceans, forming the upper part of the lithosphere and lying immediately above the mantle, from which it is separated by the Mohorovičić discontinuity 3
- noun crust the dry covering of a skin sore or lesion; scab 3
- noun crust a layer of acid potassium tartrate deposited by some wine, esp port, on the inside of the bottle 3
- noun crust the hard outer layer of such organisms as lichens and crustaceans 3
- noun crust impertinence 3
- noun crust a living (esp in the phrase earn a crust) 3
- verb crust to cover with or acquire a crust 3
- verb crust to form or be formed into a crust 3
- noun crust the hard, crisp outer part of bread 3
- noun crust a piece of this 3
- noun crust any dry, hard piece of bread 3
- noun crust the pastry shell of a pie 3
- noun crust any hard surface layer, as of snow or soil 3
- noun crust a hard deposit formed by wine on the inside surface of a bottle 3
- noun crust audacity; insolence; gall 3
- noun crust the solid, rocky outer portion or shell of the earth; lithosphere 3
- noun crust a dry, hard outer layer of blood, pus, or other bodily secretion 3
- verb transitive crust to cover or become covered with a crust 3
- verb transitive crust to form or harden into a crust 3
- noun crust pie 1
- noun crust bread 1
- noun crust Earth: outermost layer 1
- noun crust hard covering 1
- noun crust income 1
- noun crust audacity, boldness 1
- intransitive verb crust form hard covering 1
- noun crust The tough outer part of a loaf of bread. 1
- noun crust the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb). 1
- noun crust a slice of bread from the end of a loaf, consisting chiefly of this. 1
- noun crust the pastry covering the outside of a pie or other dish. 1
- noun crust a piece of stale bread. 1
- noun crust any more or less hard external covering or coating: a crust of snow. 1
- noun crust Geology. the outer layer of the earth, about 22 miles (35 km) deep under the continents (continental crust) and 6 miles (10 km) deep under the oceans (oceanic crust) Compare mantle (def 3), core1 (def 10). 1
- noun crust a scab or eschar. 1
- noun crust Slang. unabashed self-assertiveness; nerve; gall: He had a lot of crust going to the party without an invitation. 1
- noun crust deposit from wine, as it ripens during aging, on the interior of bottles, consisting of tartar and coloring matter. 1
- noun crust the hard outer shell or covering of an animal. 1
- noun crust Australian Slang. a living or livelihood: What do you do for a crust? 1
- verb with object crust to cover with or as with a crust; encrust. 1
- verb with object crust to form (something) into a crust. 1
- verb without object crust to form or contract a crust. 1
- verb without object crust to form into a crust. 1