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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
crust·ed       [kruhs-tid] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having a crust; encrusted.
2.(of a wine) containing a hardened deposit accumulated during aging in the bottle: crusted port.
3.having the accruals of age; antique.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see crust, -ed3]

—Related forms
crust·ed·ly, adverb
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crust       (krŭst)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.
    2. A piece of bread consisting mostly of the hard outer portion.
    3. A piece of bread that has become hard and dry.
    4. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
    5. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
  2. A pastry shell, as of a pie or tart.
  3. A hard crisp covering or surface: snow with a firm crust.
  4. A hard deposit formed on the interior of a wine bottle as the wine matures.
  5. Geology
    1. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
    2. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
  6. The hard outer covering or integument of certain plants and animals, such as lichens and crustaceans.
  7. Pathology An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.
  8. Informal Insolence; audacity; gall.

v.   crust·ed, crust·ing, crusts

v.   tr.
  1. To cover with a crust.
  2. To form into a crust.

v.   intr.
  1. To become covered with a crust.
  2. To harden into a crust.


[Middle English cruste, from Old French crouste, from Latin crūsta; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]

crust'less adj.
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crusted

adjective
having a hardened crust as a covering 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Crusted

Crust"ed\ (kr?st"?d), a. Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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