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Word: Encrust
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘cause to form a crust’): from French incruster or encroûter, both from Latin incrustare, from in- ‘into’ + crusta ‘a crust’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛnˈkrʌst
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈkrʌst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
cover or decorate (something) with a hard surface layer
Short Definition:cover or decorate something with hard surface layer
Examples:- the mussels encrust navigation buoys
Variant Forms:
- incrust
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