Word Meanings - CRUST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. (more info) akin to Gr. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard

Additional info about word: CRUST

The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. (more info) akin to Gr. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison. Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott. The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. Dryden. He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak. They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macualay.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CRUST)

• Integument
• Covering
• protection
• envelope
• crust
• Rust
• Corrosion
• dross
• indolence
• inactivity
• decay
• canker
• inaction

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CRUST)

• Rise
• grow
• increase
• flourish
• luxuriate
• vegetate
• expand
• enlarge

Related words: (words related to CRUST)

• DECAY
  To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay;
• CRUSTAL
  Relating to a crust.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• DROSS
  1. The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement. 2. Rust of metals. Addison. 3. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings;
• CRUSTINESS
  1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. 2. The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• CANKEREDLY
  Fretfully; spitefully.
• CRUSTACEOUS
  Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.
• CRUSTALOGY
  Crustaceology.
• CRUSTALOGIST
  One versed in crustalogy.
• COVERT BARON
  Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
• DECAYER
  A causer of decay.
• COVERTNESS
  Secrecy; privacy.
• INCREASEMENT
  Increase. Bacon.
• FLOURISHINGLY
  , adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
• COVERER
  One who, or that which, covers.
• EXPANDER
  Anything which causes expansion esp. a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
• CANKER
  A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off. (more info) OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. 1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• PROCRUSTESIAN
  See PROCRUSTEAN
• INCRUSTATION
  A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. (more info) 1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. 2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit
• DISCOVERTURE
  A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery.
• DISCOVERABLE
  Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
• DISCOVERY
  1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next
• IRRECOVERABLE
  Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.