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crusted

[ kruhs-tid ]

/ ˈkrʌs tɪd /

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adjective

having a crust; encrusted.

(of a wine) containing a hardened deposit accumulated during aging in the bottle: crusted port.

having the accruals of age; antique.

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Origin of crusted

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at crust, -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM crusted

crust·ed·ly, adverbun·crust·ed, adjective

Words nearby crusted

crust, crustacean, crustaceous, crustal, crustal plate, crusted, crustose, crusty, crut, crutch, Crutched Friar

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Example sentences from the Web for crusted

Crusts were covered with yards of new snow, that crusted and were snow-covered again.
Smoke Bellew|Jack London
He was powerfully built, naked but for a girdled loincloth, which was stained with blood and crusted with dried mire.
Shadows in the Moonlight|Robert E. Howard
They are covered with a gummy, grayish-yellow deposit or they may be crusted.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
The grandee's chair, crusted with carving, was borne along in state.
The Portal of Dreams|Charles Neville Buck

Poor shuffling Charles the First, crusted over with weakness and folly, deep down in him at last we find the great gentleman.
The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow|Jerome K. Jerome

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