crust
/kɹʌst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies."
- "They […] made the crust for the venison pasty."
- "Holonyms: lithosphere < Earth"
- "The crust (a mere 1% of the Earth's volume) is made of lighter melt products from the mantle."
- "Holonyms: lithosphere < planet"
- "to earn one's crust"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *krustós Proto-Italic *krustosder. Latin crusta Anglo-Norman crustebor. Middle English cruste English crust From 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.