- crust´like´
- crust «kruhst», noun, verb.–n.1. the hard, outside part of bread: »
Baking makes the crust hard and dry to protect the crumb inside.
2. a) a piece of this: »The boy was told to eat the crusts of his sandwich.
b) any hard, dry piece of bread.3. the rich dough rolled out thin and baked for pies: »A rich, flaky crust covered the top of the apple pie.
4. a) any hard outside covering: »The frozen crust on the snow was thick enough for us to walk on.
b) the hard outer shell of an animal or plant: »the crust of a lobster.
c) Informal, Figurative. impudence; effrontery; gall: »He had a lot of crust shooting his bazoo off when it wasn't any skin off his teeth (James T. Farrell).
5. the solid outer layer of the earth: »When the earth's crust is subjected to a local stress, it appears to behave like a brittle material (Scientific American).
6. a scab.7. a solid deposit on the inner surface of wine bottles; beeswing.–v.t.2. to form into a crust; harden: »the dirt of half a century, crusted on the glass (Wilkie Collins).
3. to hunt (deer or other game) on the crust of snow.–v.i.to form or become covered with a cru: »By the next day the snow had crusted over.
–crust´less, adjective.–crust´like´, adjective.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
