Encrusted
adjective
Covered with a hard layer or a large amount of something.
The pot was encrusted with food that had been left to dry.
Often appears as...
- encrusted with dirt
- diamond encrusted
adjective
Decorated with a thin layer of small shiny stones, especially precious stones.
She wore a beautiful, diamond encrusted necklace to the party.
Often appears as...
- diamond encrusted
- encrusted with jewels
adjective
Having a crust or a hard coating.
The encrusted rock sample indicated an old age for the land formation.
Often appears as...
- encrusted rock
- encrusted surface
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Covered with a hard layer or a large amount of something.
The pot was encrusted with food that had been left to dry.
Often appears as...
- encrusted with dirt
- diamond encrusted
adjective
Decorated with a thin layer of small shiny stones, especially precious stones.
She wore a beautiful, diamond encrusted necklace to the party.
Often appears as...
- diamond encrusted
- encrusted with jewels
adjective
Having a crust or a hard coating.
The encrusted rock sample indicated an old age for the land formation.
Often appears as...
- encrusted rock
- encrusted surface
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
The word suggests a tactile quality, implying you can feel the roughness or hardness if touched.
The vase was encrusted with a mosaic of broken glass.
Pro Tip 2/3Implies Neglect
When encrusted with unwanted substances, it often indicates neglect or lack of cleaning.
The old sink was encrusted with lime scale.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
The encrustation can give objects a visually unappealing or dirty look.
The gears were encrusted with grease and dirt.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
The word suggests a tactile quality, implying you can feel the roughness or hardness if touched.
The vase was encrusted with a mosaic of broken glass.
Pro Tip 2/3Implies Neglect
When encrusted with unwanted substances, it often indicates neglect or lack of cleaning.
The old sink was encrusted with lime scale.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
The encrustation can give objects a visually unappealing or dirty look.
The gears were encrusted with grease and dirt.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
The word suggests a tactile quality, implying you can feel the roughness or hardness if touched.
The vase was encrusted with a mosaic of broken glass.
Pro Tip 2/3Implies Neglect
When encrusted with unwanted substances, it often indicates neglect or lack of cleaning.
The old sink was encrusted with lime scale.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
The encrustation can give objects a visually unappealing or dirty look.
The gears were encrusted with grease and dirt.
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Video examples
Michael Pawlyn: Using...
that different things crystallize out at different stages. When you evaporate seawater, the first thing to crystallize out is calcium carbonate. And that builds up on the evaporators -- and that's what that image on the left is -- gradually getting encrusted with the calcium carbonate. So after a while, we could take that out, use it as a lightweight building block.
Video examples
Seal Surprises PIPE...
that there's life as a big dream we came to these things that were sticking up there kind of like pinnacles off the bottom and then they were completely encrusted
Video examples
Michael Pawlyn: Using...
that different things crystallize out at different stages. When you evaporate seawater, the first thing to crystallize out is calcium carbonate. And that builds up on the evaporators -- and that's what that image on the left is -- gradually getting encrusted with the calcium carbonate. So after a while, we could take that out, use it as a lightweight building block.
Video examples
Seal Surprises PIPE...
that there's life as a big dream we came to these things that were sticking up there kind of like pinnacles off the bottom and then they were completely encrusted
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Quote examples
Sue Hubbell
American Author
Healthy camel crickets spend a lot of their waking hours grooming, so I have learned to recognize the ones that will soon die because they walk about encrusted with sand and bits of litter, having lost all interest in keeping clean.
Quote examples
Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive routines.
Quote examples
Joseph de Maistre
French Diplomat
Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself.
Quote examples
Kacey Musgraves
American Artist
I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place.
Quote examples
Sue Hubbell
American Author
Healthy camel crickets spend a lot of their waking hours grooming, so I have learned to recognize the ones that will soon die because they walk about encrusted with sand and bits of litter, having lost all interest in keeping clean.
Quote examples
Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive routines.
Quote examples
Joseph de Maistre
French Diplomat
Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself.
Quote examples
Kacey Musgraves
American Artist
I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place.
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