encrusted

English

Alternative forms

• incrusted

Verb

encrusted

1. simple past and past participle of encrust

Adjective

encrusted (comparative more encrusted, superlative most encrusted)

1. Having an incrustation.

   Coordinate terms: caked; crusty

   • 1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 721:

     Here the appearance at the head of the train of a grime-encrusted Eastern Region "K3" 2-6-0, No. 61967, did nothing to raise the spirits of the recorder; [...].

Derived terms

• bioencrusted
• unencrusted

Translations

having an incrustation

Esperanto: enkrustita

References

• “encrusted”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• reducents, uncrested