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encrust

/ɪŋˈkɹʌst/

encrust verb: to cover with a hard crust.

Verb

encrust (third-person singular simple present encrusts, present participle encrusting, simple past and past participle encrusted)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a hard crust.
    • iron encrusted with rust
    • a doughnut encrusted with sugar
  2. (intransitive) To form a crust.
  3. (transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
    • The jeweller encrusted the ring with gems.

encrust meaning in Urdu and Kannada

encrust in Urdu

پپڑی جمانا, تہہ جمانا

encrust in Kannada

ಹಕ್ಕಳೆ ಕಟ್ಟು

Examples of encrust in a sentence

  • But there are traces, hoof marks of mombies are encrusted in the dried mud.
  • Old Neil came in rednosed and shivering, his hair and beard encrusted with rime.
  • The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent.

All 14 example sentences with encrust

Forms of encrust

third-person singular presentencrusts
present participleencrusting
past participleencrusted
pastencrusted
alternative formincrust

Origin of encrust

From French incruster, from Latin incrustare, from in- (“in”) + crustare (“to cover with a crust”). By surface analysis, en- + crust.

Words formed from encrust

Words that rhyme with encrust

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Questions about encrust

What does encrust mean?
Encrust means to cover with a hard crust.
What is encrust in Urdu?
Encrust in Urdu is پپڑی جمانا, تہہ جمانا. See Encrust meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is encrust?
Encrust is a verb.
How do you pronounce encrust?
Encrust is pronounced /ɪŋˈkɹʌst/.
What is the past tense of encrust?
The past tense of encrust is encrusted.

Words near encrust in the dictionary

  1. encrowned
  2. encrowning
  3. encrownment
  4. encrownments
  5. encrowns
  6. encrust
  7. encrustant
  8. encrustants
  9. encrustation
  10. encrustations
  11. encrusted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encrust (page history and authors); encrust (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); encrust (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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