crusts

Noun

crust (countable and uncountable, plural crusts)

1. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
2. The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
3. An outer layer composed of pastry
   • Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...
4. The bread-like base of a pizza.
5. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Northern-US, UK) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.
6. The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
   • Holonyms: lithosphere < Earth

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