crust
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- pronunciation:
- kruhst
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
Crust is the slightly hard, outside part of a loaf of bread or other things that are baked. Crust is made of a flour dough. The bottom part of a pizza or a pie is made from dough and called the crust.
Tina loves pizza, but she never eats all the crust.
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| definition 2: |
The outer layer of our planet Earth is called the "crust." The crust includes everything from very bottom of the oceans to the the tops of the tallest mountains. The outer layer of other planets or moons is also called the "crust."
Almost all living things live somewhere on the Earth's crust.- similar words:
- soil
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Crust is from a Latin word that means "rind" or "shell." "Crustacean" comes from the same root.