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Definition of Encrust
1. Verb. Cover or coat with a crust.
2. Verb. Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems).
Generic synonyms: Adorn, Beautify, Decorate, Embellish, Grace, Ornament
Derivative terms: Encrustation, Incrustation
3. Verb. Form a crust or a hard layer.
Specialized synonyms: Effloresce
Generic synonyms: Harden, Indurate
Derivative terms: Encrustation, Encrustation, Incrustation, Incrustation
Definition of Encrust
1. v. t. To incrust. See Incrust.
Definition of Encrust
1. Verb. (transitive) To cover with a hard crust. ¹
2. Verb. To inset or affix decorative materials upon a surface ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encrust
1. to cover with a crust [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encrust
Literary usage of Encrust
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"Lime held in solution in water by carbonic acid.—Why calcareous waters encrust
their channels, petrify, and deposit sediments in ..."
2. The Raja of Saráwak: An Account of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., LL.D., Given by Gertrude Le Grand Jacob (1876)
"Perhaps they will tell us that there is pleasure to be found in escape from the
petty meannesses and falsities that encrust our ..."
3. A Gilbertese-English Dictionary by Hiram Bingham (1908)
"... vt to encrust one with salt from salt spray. ... vt to encrust one with salt
from salt spray. ..."
4. Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry by Frank Humphreys Storer (1897)
"Nitrates may encrust the Land. According to Heiden and to Maercker, ... This tendency
to encrust the land is shared to a certain extent by other saline ..."
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