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crust

UK/kɹʌst/ US/kɹʊst/ fairly common informal slang uk
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

the outer layer of the Earth

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verb

1.

form a crust or form into a crust

  • “The bread crusted in the oven”

Origin

From Middle English cruste, from Anglo-Norman and Old French cruste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”), related to Old Norse hroðr (“scurf”), Old English hruse (“earth”), Old High German hrosa (“crust, ice”), Latvian kruvesis (“frozen mud”), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “frost, icy cold”), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal, ice”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀- (xruzdra-, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रूड् (krūḍ, “thicken, make hard”). Doublet of crusta.

Phrases

  • blackened crust
  • bleeding oak crust
  • continental crust
  • crack a crust
  • cradle crust
  • earn a crust
  • earn one's crust
  • hot water crust

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