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   crust

   /krʌst/

   noun

   • 1. the tough outer part of a loaf of bread: "a sandwich with the crusts cut off" Similar outer layer/partoutsideexteriorheelendremnant
   • ▪ a hard, dry scrap of bread: "a kindly old woman might give her a crust"
   • 2. a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something soft: "a crust of snow" Similar coveringlayercoatingcovercoatsheetthicknessfilmskintoppingcakingencrustationscabrare:concretion
   • ▪ a layer of pastry covering a pie.
   • ▪ the outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists, especially the part of the earth above the mantle: "the earth's crust"
   • ▪ a deposit of tartrates and other substances formed in wine aged in the bottle, especially port.
   • 3. a living or livelihood: informal British "I've been earning a crust wherever I can" Similar livinglivelihoodmeans of subsistenceincomedaily breadinformal:bread and butter

   verb

   • 1. form into a hard outer layer: "the blisters eventually crust over"
   • ▪ cover with a hard outer layer: "the burns crusted his cheek"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French crouste, from Latin crusta ‘rind, shell, crust’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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