encrust

[ en-kruhst ]

/ ɛnˈkrʌst /

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verb (used with object)

to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.

to form into a crust.

to deposit as a crust.

verb (used without object)

to form a crust: They scraped off the barnacles that always encrusted on the ship's hull.

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[in-kruhst] /ɪnˈkrʌst/ .

Origin of encrust

First recorded in 1635–45 for incrust and 1710–20 for encrust; from Old French encrouster, incrouster, from Latin incrustāre “to cover with a layer, rind, or crust; daub”; see origin at en-¹, crust

OTHER WORDS FROM encrust

en·crust·ant, adjective, nounnon·en·crust·ing, adjective, noun

Words nearby encrust

encrinite, encroach, encroaching, encroachment, en croûte, encrust, encrustation, encrypt, encryption, enculturate, enculturation

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How to use encrust in a sentence

The palm-sized find was metallic, but so dirt-encrusted he couldn’t make out what it was.
How Scotland forged a rare alliance between amateur treasure hunters and archaeologists|Corinne Iozzio|August 24, 2021|Popular-Science
You know Paris Hilton is an icon because even other stars can’t resist basking in the glow of her Swarovski-encrusted, Barbie-pink aura.
The Surprisingly Complicated Pleasures of Cooking With Paris|Judy Berman|August 4, 2021|Time
Following a seaside holiday, Marcus Samuel came up with the idea of selling shell-encrusted boxes as souvenirs.
The human history found inside a seashell|Katharine Norbury|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
The worst moments, of course, are those few seconds between taking off all your ice-encrusted layers and stepping into that life-changing shower.
My 10 Best Post-Adventure Showers|aheard|July 26, 2021|Outside Online

Among the prizes for grabs include a year of free stays at the luxury Shangri-La Hotels, a vintage diamond-encrusted Rolex, rare tea leaves that legend says once cured an emperor’s ailing mother and health insurance.
More Vaccine-Hesitant Hongkongers Are Finally Signing Up for COVID-19 Shots. Is It Because of the Give-Aways, or the Outbreak Nearby?|AMY GUNIA / HONG KONG|June 11, 2021|Time
They constitute the greater number by far of the hard minerals which encrust the terrestrial globe.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Poetry has no golden mean; mediocrity here is of another metal, which Voltaire, however, had skill enough to encrust and polish.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor
Some marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime not only encrust rocks but give rise to sheets of submarine limestone.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various
A constant sense of gloom is settled like a pall over the whole building, blacker even than the soot and grime which encrust it.
A Girl Among the Anarchists|Isabel Meredith
Coral limestones encrust the lower slopes of these islands and do not attain a greater thickness than 150 feet.
The Solomon Islands and Their Natives|H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy

British Dictionary definitions for encrust

encrust

incrust

/ (ɪnˈkrʌst) /

verb

(tr) to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating

to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating

(tr) to decorate lavishly, as with jewels

Derived forms of encrust

encrustation or incrustation, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for encrust

incrust

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