Crust
noun
The hard outer layer of something, especially bread, pastry, or pies.
She loves to eat pie crust.
Often appears as...
- pie crust
- bread crust
noun
The outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of various types of rocks.
The Earth's crust is thinner under the oceans, and much thicker under the continents.
Often appears as...
- earth's crust
- continental crust
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Academic
noun
A hard outer covering or layer of dried matter.
The honey had formed a crust on the jar lid.
Often appears as...
- dried crust
- crust of dirt
verb
To form a hard outer covering.
The bread crusts over when it is left out overnight.
Often appears as...
- bread crusts over
- crust over with ice
noun
The hard outer layer of something, especially bread, pastry, or pies.
She loves to eat pie crust.
Often appears as...
- pie crust
- bread crust
noun
The outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of various types of rocks.
The Earth's crust is thinner under the oceans, and much thicker under the continents.
Often appears as...
- earth's crust
- continental crust
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A hard outer covering or layer of dried matter.
The honey had formed a crust on the jar lid.
Often appears as...
- dried crust
- crust of dirt
verb
To form a hard outer covering.
The bread crusts over when it is left out overnight.
Often appears as...
- bread crusts over
- crust over with ice
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Edible Crust
In culinary contexts, 'crust' often refers to something you can eat, like on bread or pizza.
He prefers his sandwiches without the crust.
Pro Tip 2/2Flaky Texture
'Crust' in baking has a flaky or crispy texture, distinguishing it from the softer inside.
The pastry had a golden, flaky crust that was irresistible.
Pro Tip 1/2Edible Crust
In culinary contexts, 'crust' often refers to something you can eat, like on bread or pizza.
He prefers his sandwiches without the crust.
Pro Tip 2/2Flaky Texture
'Crust' in baking has a flaky or crispy texture, distinguishing it from the softer inside.
The pastry had a golden, flaky crust that was irresistible.
Pro Tip 1/2Edible Crust
In culinary contexts, 'crust' often refers to something you can eat, like on bread or pizza.
He prefers his sandwiches without the crust.
Pro Tip 2/2Flaky Texture
'Crust' in baking has a flaky or crispy texture, distinguishing it from the softer inside.
The pastry had a golden, flaky crust that was irresistible.
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Beyond the edge of the...
live in hot springs on the seafloor on these mid-ocean ridges mid-ocean ridges are places where the earth is or ocean crust is spreading apart and they are volcanic systems pretty much anytime any day there's a volcanic eruption going on somewhere in the ocean in the deep water
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How does fracking work?...
Deep underground lies stores of once inaccessible natural gas. This gas was likely formed over millions of years as layers of decaying organisms were exposed to intense heat and pressure under the Earth's crust. There's a technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,
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Jupiter 101 PIPE National...
may contain oceans of liquid water underneath their crusts. Jupiter's large collection of moons is only made possible by the planet's massive size and gravitational pull, the strongest of all the planets in the solar system. This incredible gravity also influence the sizes
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Why is Mount Everest so...
To understand how this towering formation was born, we have to peer deep into our planet's crust, where continental plates collide. The Earth's surface is like an armadillo's armor. Pieces of crust constantly move over, under, and around each other.
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The history of our world...
It was just the right distance from its star to contain huge oceans of liquid water. And deep beneath those oceans, at cracks in the Earth's crust, you've got heat seeping up from inside the Earth, and you've got a great diversity of elements.
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Earthquakes 101 PIPE...
powerful that it breaks the Earth's crust this fracturing emits shockwaves through the ground and causes intense vibrations or quakes in fact the world's most earthquake-prone regions are where the most geologically active plates meet
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Mars 101 PIPE National...
sulphur which may have created a protective magnetic field during Mars's earlier years enveloping the core is a rocky mantle made of silicate minerals and a crust rich in iron these iron minerals react with the trace amounts of
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Supervolcanoes 101 PIPE...
They're usually characterized as large depressions in the ground, called calderas, located above multiple openings in the Earth's crust. In terms of eruptions, supervolcanoes explode at a magnitude of eight,
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Filming Galapagos Giant...
the mothers pee on the top to help this hardening to sort of crust and the baby tortoises have to dig and dig and dig and it can take up to a month
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Earth's Hidden Volcanos...
in the darkness of the deep water gushes through cracks in the earth's crust known as deep sea vents
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Beyond the edge of the...
live in hot springs on the seafloor on these mid-ocean ridges mid-ocean ridges are places where the earth is or ocean crust is spreading apart and they are volcanic systems pretty much anytime any day there's a volcanic eruption going on somewhere in the ocean in the deep water
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
Deep underground lies stores of once inaccessible natural gas. This gas was likely formed over millions of years as layers of decaying organisms were exposed to intense heat and pressure under the Earth's crust. There's a technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,
Video examples
Jupiter 101 PIPE National...
may contain oceans of liquid water underneath their crusts. Jupiter's large collection of moons is only made possible by the planet's massive size and gravitational pull, the strongest of all the planets in the solar system. This incredible gravity also influence the sizes
Video examples
Why is Mount Everest so...
To understand how this towering formation was born, we have to peer deep into our planet's crust, where continental plates collide. The Earth's surface is like an armadillo's armor. Pieces of crust constantly move over, under, and around each other.
Video examples
The history of our world...
It was just the right distance from its star to contain huge oceans of liquid water. And deep beneath those oceans, at cracks in the Earth's crust, you've got heat seeping up from inside the Earth, and you've got a great diversity of elements.
Video examples
Earthquakes 101 PIPE...
powerful that it breaks the Earth's crust this fracturing emits shockwaves through the ground and causes intense vibrations or quakes in fact the world's most earthquake-prone regions are where the most geologically active plates meet
Video examples
Mars 101 PIPE National...
sulphur which may have created a protective magnetic field during Mars's earlier years enveloping the core is a rocky mantle made of silicate minerals and a crust rich in iron these iron minerals react with the trace amounts of
Video examples
Supervolcanoes 101 PIPE...
They're usually characterized as large depressions in the ground, called calderas, located above multiple openings in the Earth's crust. In terms of eruptions, supervolcanoes explode at a magnitude of eight,
Video examples
Filming Galapagos Giant...
the mothers pee on the top to help this hardening to sort of crust and the baby tortoises have to dig and dig and dig and it can take up to a month
Video examples
Earth's Hidden Volcanos...
in the darkness of the deep water gushes through cracks in the earth's crust known as deep sea vents
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Quote examples
Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional, into the very realities of being, not consciously always; seldom, perhaps; the simplicity of loving grows by living simply near nature and God.
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Jonathan Silverman
American Actor
In a shooting day in the U.K., every few hours, everyone takes a bit of a tea break - not coffee, but a tea break. They bring out these little finger sandwiches with the crust cut off. Everyone sits around for a few minutes, with their pinkies in the air, drinking. It's so cultured.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen.
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Giovanni Guareschi
Italian Journalist
When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.
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John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
A deep ocean under the icy crust of Ganymede opens up further exciting possibilities for life beyond Earth.
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Mike Leach
American Coach
I'm a thin-crust pizza guy. I respect people who like thick crust, but in my view it's mostly bread.
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Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
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Carlo Ratti
Italian Architect
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population.
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Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.
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Emma Thompson
English Actress
We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.
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Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional, into the very realities of being, not consciously always; seldom, perhaps; the simplicity of loving grows by living simply near nature and God.
Quote examples
Jonathan Silverman
American Actor
In a shooting day in the U.K., every few hours, everyone takes a bit of a tea break - not coffee, but a tea break. They bring out these little finger sandwiches with the crust cut off. Everyone sits around for a few minutes, with their pinkies in the air, drinking. It's so cultured.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen.
Quote examples
Giovanni Guareschi
Italian Journalist
When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.
Quote examples
John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
A deep ocean under the icy crust of Ganymede opens up further exciting possibilities for life beyond Earth.
Quote examples
Mike Leach
American Coach
I'm a thin-crust pizza guy. I respect people who like thick crust, but in my view it's mostly bread.
Quote examples
Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
Quote examples
Carlo Ratti
Italian Architect
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population.
Quote examples
Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.
Quote examples
Emma Thompson
English Actress
We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.
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