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crust
  1. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  2. The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
  3. An outer layer composed of pastry
  4. The bread-like base of a pizza.
  5. (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  6. The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  7. (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
  8. crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
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  10. Examples:
    1. “At times, I would have to break the top crust of the snow with my hands just to gain a few more steps.”
      “The sandwiches were on white bread and every crust was cut off neatly from the edge.”
      “In the old days, he would do almost anything to earn a crust.”
crusty
  1. (chiefly Britain) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
  2. (slang) Dried eye mucus.
  3. (chiefly Britain) A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I wiped the crusty from my eyes, threw on a sundress, and wandered out into the living room.”
crusta
  1. A crust or shell.
  2. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The crusta petrosa is shown to be thicker at the root of the fang, and at the base of the infundibulum, than at other parts.”
      “Into or onto the nucleus went a course of polygonal or square paving stones, called the summa crusta.”
      “Summa crusta of silex or lava polygonal slabs, one to three feet in diameter and eight to twelve inches thick, were laid on top of the rudens.”
crustacean
  1. Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Two intracellular enzymes that may support active ion transport across crustacean gills are carbonic anhydrase and arginine kinase.”
      “An additional treatment without crustacean zooplankton was also established.”
      “If this protein evolved with the faster crustacean rate, the estimated time of divergence is even more recent.”
crustaceousness
  1. The state or quality of being crustaceous, or having a crust-like shell.
crustquake
  1. A starquake in the crust of a neutron star
crustaceology
  1. The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans
crustie
  1. (Britain, slang) A New Age traveller, or other similar person.
crustiness
  1. The state of being crusty
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  3. Examples:
    1. “From that point on, his curious mix of affability, crustiness and wit had the audience hanging on every sung or spoken word.”
      “An old African buffalo, or a Canadian bison, has, of course, his spells of crustiness, and is then unpleasant, but the boar is always peeved about something or other.”
      “And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness.”
crusting
  1. Encrusted material.
crusties
  1. plural of crustie
  2. plural of crusty
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Optimistic crusties with unusual skin disorders busked tunelessly on flutes.”
      “Inside the venue was a mix of aging punks, football supporters, crusties and a smattering of Germans.”
      “What about those urban crusties who hate globalisation and all that stuff?”
crustacea
  1. plural of crustacean
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Allergic reactions to molluscs, and consequently mollusc allergens, have not been as well studied as those of fish or crustacea.”
      “Such is the price of prime white fish and crustacea, most restaurants pad it out unless they can afford to charge exceptional sums.”
      “Sea lice are ectoparasitic marine crustacea which eat the membrane, skin and blood of their host.”
crustaceans
  1. plural of crustacean
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In addition to fish, Pterois volitans feed on invertebrates such as amphipods, isopods, and other crustaceans.”
      “The listeria germ has been found in many different species of animals, birds, fish and crustaceans.”
      “The diet of Atlantic wreckfish consists mainly of large ocean cephalopods, crustaceans, and other bottom-dwelling fishes.”
crustquakes
  1. plural of crustquake
crustinesses
crustings
  1. plural of crusting
crustae
  1. plural of crusta
crusts
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