crusted

[ kruhs-tid ]

adjective

1. having a crust; encrusted.
2. (of a wine) containing a hardened deposit accumulated during aging in the bottle:

   crusted port.

3. having the accruals of age; antique.

Other Words From

• crusted·ly adverb
• un·crusted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crusted¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; crust, -ed ³

Example Sentences

So during the last two weeks, Ford was consistently postholing, moving through double-crusted snow so deep she would sink to her knees with each step.

From Outside Online

It is built not in a long bun, but in a half-loaf of fresh, tawny-crusted Italian bread.

From The Daily Beast

When Damien Hirst unveiled his $100 million diamond-crusted monstrosity For the Love of God, there was outrage.

From The Daily Beast

It is Japanese- and Chinese-inspired, offering tasty dishes like sesame-crusted tuna and wok-charred beef fillet.

From The Daily Beast

The man is uncivil and impolitic, rough-hewn enough for leather fringe and dung-crusted boots.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, there is nothing so dangerously attractive to speaker and to audience as a fine old crusted political tag.

From Project Gutenberg

The real nature of which my dear guardian spoke is only hidden away, crusted over by the rough life George has led.

From Project Gutenberg

Our horses were poor and when I made the sun blue we crusted the buffalo and killed many with our lances.

From Project Gutenberg

I can see the rooms crusted with ormolu, the fauns foisted on the ceiling, the ripping rident goddesses on the walls.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a broken-off harrow tooth, scaled like a long, red fish with the crusted rust of years.

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