Incrustation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of encrusting.
  • n. The state of being encrusted.
  • n. A crust or coating: an incrustation of salt on the window.
  • n. A decorative technique in which a contrasting material is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay.
  • n. A material so applied.
  • n. Biology A coating of hardened exudate or other material on a body or body part; a scale or scab.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
  • n. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
  • n. A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
  • n. Anything inlaid or imbedded.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
  • n. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
  • n. A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
  • n. Anything inlaid or imbedded.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of incrusting; the act of covering or lining with any foreign substance; the state of being incrusted.
  • n. A crust or coat of anything on the surface of a body; a covering, coating, or scale, as of mineral substances deposited by a spring or stream, or by the water in a steam-boiler; an efflorescence, as of salt or soda on the surface of the ground.
  • n. An inlaying of anything, as a plaque, tile, lacquer, veneer, mosaic, or the like, into or upon the surface, as of a cabinet, mantelpiece, etc.
  • n. An incrusted or inlaid object or substance.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the formation of a crust
  • n. a hard outer layer that covers something
  • n. a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    formation    decoration    ornament    ornamentation   
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    cameo incrustation   
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