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crust

Syllabification: (crust)

Pronunciation: /krəst/

Definition of crust

the tough outer part of a loaf of bread:a sandwich with the crusts cut off I tore off several pieces of crust from the loaf
a hard, dry scrap of bread:a kindly old woman might give her a crust
a layer of pastry covering a pie.
a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something, especially something soft:a crust of snow
the outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists, especially the part of the earth above the mantle:the earth’s crust at the midocean ridge new crust is formed
a deposit of tartrates and other substances formed in wine aged in the bottle, especially port.

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Derivatives

Middle English: from Old French crouste, from Latin crusta 'rind, shell, crust'

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