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- Dictionaryencrust/ɛnˈkrʌst/
verb
- 1. cover or decorate (something) with a hard surface layer: "the mussels encrust navigation buoys"
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: to cover, line, or overlay with or as if with a crust. intransitive verb. : to form a crust. Synonyms. cake. crust. rime. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of encrust in a Sentence. refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills.
encrust in British English. or incrust (ɪnˈkrʌst) verb. 1.(transitive) to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating. 2. to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating. 3.(transitive) to decorate lavishly, as with jewels.
When you encrust something, you coat it with a layer of some other material. You might encrust your homemade cheesecake bites in crushed cookie crumbs, for example. There are many ways to encrust various kinds of food, as when you encrust fish or chicken in breadcrumbs before baking it.
What does the verb encrust mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb encrust. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. See meaning & use.
1. To cover or coat with or as if with a crust: tires encrusted with dried mud; legalities that were encrusted with tradition. 2. To decorate by inlaying or overlaying with a contrasting material: encrust wood paneling with ivory.
Definitions of 'encrust' 1. to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating. [...] 2. to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating. [...] 3. to decorate lavishly, as with jewels. [...] More. Conjugations of 'encrust' present simple: I encrust, you encrust [...] past simple: I encrusted, you encrusted [...]
To inset or affix decorative materials upon a surface. Wiktionary. Synonyms: incrust. beset. Origin of Encrust. Possibly from French incruster from Latin incrustāre in- on en– 1 crusta crust kreus- in Indo-European roots. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Encrust definition: to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.. See examples of ENCRUST used in a sentence.
Jun 2, 2024 · Verb. [edit] encrust (third-person singular simple present encrusts, present participle encrusting, simple past and past participle encrusted) (transitive) To cover with a hard crust. iron encrusted with rust. a doughnut encrusted with sugar. (intransitive) To form a crust.
covered with something hard or decorative: encrusted with She arrived home with her knees encrusted with mud. The manuscript is bound in gold and silver and encrusted with jewels. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Covering and adding layers. additive. asphalt. bestrew. bind. blanket. blindfold. film over phrasal verb.
