crust

English

/kɹʌst/

noun
Definitions
  • A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  • The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
  • An outer layer composed of pastry
  • The bread-like base of a pizza.
  • (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  • The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  • (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
  • (music genre) a subgenre of punk music
  • (British) A living.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crusta (crust, shell, hard outer covering, inlaid work, bark, rind) borrowed from Old French cruste derived from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (hardened).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krustós

Gloss

hardened

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