crust

Meanings

• noun

  The outer firm part of various foods such as bread, pizza, or pastries.

  - "The crust of the pizza was crispy and golden."
  - "He enjoyed the crunchy texture of the bread crust."

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Pronunciation

1. /kɹʌst/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

daily bread , income , livelihood , crust , crustcore , stenchcore

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with crust
nurst , burst , first , thirst

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Variants

List of all variants of crust that leads to same result
crust , crustal , crusted , crusting , crustless , crusts , upper crust , upper crusts , upper-crust , earn a crust , earn a/one's crust , earn her crust , earn his crust , earn one's crust , earn their crust , the upper crust

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Etymology

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Old English crust, from crustian 'to bake'.

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Trivia

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1. The world's largest pizza weighed over 132 pounds and had a circumference of over 12 feet.

2. The ancient Egyptians believed that bread crusts represented the god Osiris and were not to be wasted.

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Related Concepts

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1. crustacean: A crustacean is an aquatic animal with a hard exoskeleton and a segmented body.

2. crust formation: Crust formation is the process by which a solid crust forms on the surface of a liquid or semi-liquid material, such as magma or lava.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'crust' is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to a hard exterior hiding a soft or vulnerable interior, as in Robert Frost's poem 'The Oven Bird'.

How to Memorize "crust"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a golden-brown pizza crust.
   - Visualize the texture of a freshly baked bread crust.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'crust' with the texture and taste of baked goods.
   - Think of the crust as the protective outer layer of a food.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Crispy, Round, Under, Baked' to remember the definition of 'crust'.
   - Remember the word 'crust' as the part of a food that is 'Cooked, Rigid, Unbroken, Surrounding' the rest.

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