Definitions for crusted

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crusted crust·ed

Spelling: [kruhs-tid]

IPA: /ˈkrʌs tɪd/

Crusted is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in crusted (cderstu).

Definitions for crusted

noun

1. the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
2. a slice of bread from the end of a loaf, consisting chiefly of this.
3. the pastry covering the outside of a pie or other dish.
4. a piece of stale bread.
5. any more or less hard external covering or coating:
6. Geology. the outer layer of the earth, about 22 miles (35 km) deep under the continents (continental crust) and 6 miles (10 km) deep under the oceans (oceanic crust) Compare mantle (def 3), core1 (def 10).
7. a scab or eschar.
8. Slang. unabashed self-assertiveness; nerve; gall:
9. deposit from wine, as it ripens during aging, on the interior of bottles, consisting of tartar and coloring matter.
10. the hard outer shell or covering of an animal.
11. Australian Slang. a living or livelihood:

adjective

1. having a crust; encrusted.
2. (of a wine) containing a hardened deposit accumulated during aging in the bottle:
3. having the accruals of age; antique.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover with or as with a crust; encrust.
2. to form (something) into a crust.

verb (used without object)

1. to form or contract a crust.
2. to form into a crust.

Origin of crusted

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at crust, -ed³

Examples for crusted

Meg was rubbing the poor limp hand that was crusted with dirt in her own.

The intact upper and lower parts were covered with crusted blood.

It is of pointed architecture, black with age, and crusted with moss.

Both services have curious and crusted tales bearing on this head.

To a crusted Anglo-Indian it is clear that ellipence could only mean elephants.

There was always a deal of good in him, but a little of it got crusted over, somehow.

Their windows are crusted with dust, their babies' milk bottles are yellow with germs.

Picking up a stone, he knocked away the dirt with which it was crusted.

The displaced mud had not yet crusted, but looked damp and fresh.

He was aware, also, of the dirt, which scabbed and crusted everything.