encrusted
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en·crust
(ĕn-krŭst′) also in·crust (ĭn-)tr.v. en·crust·ed, en·crust·ing, en·crusts also in·crust·ed or in·crust·ing or in·crusts
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.
[Possibly from French incruster, from Latin incrustāre : in-, on; see en-1 + crusta, crust; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]
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encrusted
(ɪnˈkrʌstɪd) orincrusted
adj
1. covered or overlaid with a crust or hard coating: snow-encrusted mountain paths.
2. lavishly and thickly decorated: a beautiful dress encrusted with jewels.
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Adj. | 1. | encrusted - having a hardened crust as a covering covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" |
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