crust
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundaryA more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
» I usually cut the crust off bread.
Я обычно срезаю хлебную корку.
Зазвичай я відрізаю скоринку хліба.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
a hard outer layer that covers something
(countable, uncountable)The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
(countable, uncountable)An outer layer composed of pastry
па́нцирьpáncirʹ
па́нцирpáncyr, черепа́шкаčerepáška
the outer layer of the Earth
(countable, uncountable)The bread-like base of a pizza.
ко́рочкаkóročka, ко́ркаkórka
скори́нкаskorýnka
(Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Northern US, UK, countable, uncountable)A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.
(countable, uncountable)The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
Holonyms: lithosphere < Earth
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The outermost layer of the lithosphere of any terrestrial planet.
Holonyms: lithosphere < planet
Kruste, Kruste
ко́ркаkórka, кора́korá
кора́korá, скори́нкаskorýnka, скори́наskorýna
(countable, uncountable)The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
(Australia, UK, countable, informal, uncountable)A living.
to earn one's crust
(informal, uncountable)Nerve, gall.
You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
(Australia, UK, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)The head.
Examples
38 sentencesI usually cut the crust off bread.
Зазвичай я відрізаю скоринку хліба. — Ahha
ruЯ обычно срезаю хлебную корку. — marafon
I don't like bread crust.
Мені не подобається хлібна скоринка. — Ahha
ruЯ не люблю хлебные корки. — marafon
I didn't eat the bread because there was mold on the crust.
This pizza has a thin crust.
У цієї піци тонка скоринка. — Ahha
She cut the crusts off her sandwich.
Вона відрізала скоринку від свого бутерброду. — Ahha
deSie hat die Kruste von ihrem Butterbrot abgeschnitten. — raggione
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cruste, from Anglo-Norman and Old French cruste, from Latin crusta (“hFrom Middle English cruste, from Anglo-Norman and Old French cruste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”), related to Old Norse hroðr (“scurf”), Old English hruse (“earth”), Old High German hrosa (“crust, ice”), Latvian kruvesis (“frozen mud”), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “frost, icy cold”), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal, ice”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀- (xruzdra-, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रूड् (krūḍ, “thicken, make hard”). Doublet of crusta.
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Forms
plural: crustsSynonyms
13 synonyms- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties:gallimpertinenceimpudenceinsolencecheekinessfreshness
- the outer layer of the Earth:Earth-ap-s crust
- a hard outer layer that covers something:incrustationencrustation
Word family
30 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable