crusted

[US]/'krʌstɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. covered with a hard layer, containing sediment, aged, ancient.

Phrases & Collocations

crusted bread

crusted pie

Example Sentences

a crusted establishment figure.

Ice crusted the pond.

the burns crusted his cheek.

she washed away the crusted blood.

Commixing the natural edible and officinal spiceberry with the crusted green-tea or fumigating the crusted green-tea with spicery enhance its redolence and ameliorate its bitterness.

Lenny took his bare red hands out of his pockets and bent down to refasten the snow-crusted, icy metal clasps.

Real-world Examples

The crust is nice and soft, but people still seem to prefer crusted sandwiches.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

All of this was scoured out by the lava and then the roof area was the top that crusted over.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2020 Compilation

Right now I have a belly full of cheesy Korean French fry crusted corn dogs.

Source: A day’s diet of a celebrity.

Some rivers in the region have frozen, then melted then refrozen and crusted over with large thick chunks of crushed ice.

Source: CNN Listening March 2014 Compilation

At night, water in the kettles crusted with ice—even though it was late May.

Source: who was series

When she left Mrs. Lynde's she took her way across the crusted fields to Orchard Slope.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

The official report stated that Zeni’s cause of death was " septicemia due to crusted scabies."

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

While crusted sandwiches do exist, the general perception is that the fluffy, white part of Japanese shokupan milk bread is tastier than the brown crust.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia

I wanted to offer a big reward for news of Jane some days ago, but your crusted institution of Scotland Yard advised me against it.

Source: Hidden danger

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