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Incrust

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Variant of encrust.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To encrust.

v. To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of

v. To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cover with a crust; form a crust or coating on the surface of; coat; overlay: as, an ancient coin incrusted with rust.

In decorative art, to cover with a different and generally more precious material in plates or pieces of appreciable thickness, requiring to be held in place by cramps, hooks, cement, or other appliances.

To apply or inlay, as mosaic, slabs of precious marbles, enameled tiles, or the like, so as to form a decoration or covering.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. cover or coat with a crust

v. form a crust or a hard layer

v. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

Word Usage

"It was formerly believed that waters replete with calcareous earth, such as incrust the inside of tea-kettles, or are laid to petrify moss, were liable to produce or to increase the stone in the bladder."

Verb Form

incrusted incrusting

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

surface coat grace decorate beautify

Cross Reference

incrusted work incrusted enamel

Form

incrusted incrusting

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

crush

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

adjust antitrust brust bused bussed