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crust

/kɹʌst/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  2. The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
  3. An outer layer composed of pastry
  4. The bread-like base of a pizza.
  5. The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  6. The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  7. To cover with a crust.
  8. To form a crust.
  9. A subgenre of punk rock, derived from hardcore punk with extreme metal elements, often with pessimistic lyrics about political and social ills.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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