crust
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
Other meanings
The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
An outer layer composed of pastry
A kind of
- layer
Kinds of crust
- plate
Related words
- biocrust
- breadcrust
- cruft
- hot water crust
- earn a crust
- crustache
- crustal
- crustation
- crustcore
- crustless
- crustlike
- crustquake
Word history
From Latin "crusta" (hard outer covering).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “crust” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.