crust
[noun]
Synonyms: layer, coating, covering, shell, skin, surface

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

crust /krʌst/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: crusta 'crust, shell']

1. the hard brown outer surface of bread:
sandwiches with the crusts cut off

2. the baked outer part of foods such as pies or pizzas:
a thin-crust pizza

3. a thin hard dry layer on the surface of something:
A hard gray crust had formed on the bottom of the tea kettle.

4. the hard outer layer of the Earth:
deep within the Earth’s crust
⇒ earn a crust at earn(1), ⇒ upper crust

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

crust
noun
I. on a loaf of bread/pie
ADJ. thick, thin | pastry, pie
PHRASES a crust of bread We saved a few crusts of bread for the birds.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

crust
II. hard layer on the outside of sth
ADJ. thick, thin
VERB + CRUST form The mud had formed a thick crust on the surface of the road.
CRUST + VERB form Put the lid on properly, or a crust will form on the paints.
PREP. ~ of a thin crust of ice
PHRASES the earth's crust

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

crust
krʌst
See: upper crust

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲