crust
/krʌst/
verb
- To form a hard outer layer on the surface.
- If you leave the paint can open, the top will crust up.
- The lava crusted over as it cooled.
- The snow crusted into a hard layer after the temperature dropped.
noun
- The hard outer layer of bread or a pie.
- He always saves the bread crusts to feed the birds.
- The pie had a golden, flaky crust that everyone loved.
- She cut off the crust of her sandwich because she didn't like it.
- The hard outer layer of the Earth.
- The Earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates that move slowly.
- Volcanoes form when magma from beneath the crust reaches the surface.
- Geologists study the crust to understand how mountains are formed.
- A hard, dry layer on the surface of something, such as skin or snow.
- After the rain, a thin crust of mud covered the car.
- The wound developed a crust as it began to heal.
- A crust of ice formed on the puddle overnight.
- A small amount of money or resources needed to live (informal, often in 'earn a crust').
- They moved to the city hoping to earn a better crust.
- As a freelance artist, she barely makes a crust some months.
- He works odd jobs just to earn a crust.