Meanings
present singular third person encrusts · participle present encrusting · participle past encrusted · past encrusted · alternative incrust
- transitiveTo cover with a hard crust.
iron encrusted with rust
2 more examples
a doughnut encrusted with sugar
And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, Incrusted hard.
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC - intransitiveTo form a crust.
- transitiveTo inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
The jeweller encrusted the ring with gems.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinincrustare
- Frenchincruster
- Englishencrust
From French incruster, from Latin incrustare, from in- (“in”) + crustare (“to cover with a crust”). By surface analysis, en- + crust.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian хващам кора, инкрустирам
- хващам кора (hvaštam kora)to cover with a hard crust
- инкрустирам (inkrustiram)to inset or affix decorative material
Catalan incrustar, incrustar
- incrustarto cover with a hard crust
- incrustarto inset or affix decorative material
French encroûter, encrouter
- encroûterto cover with a hard crust
- encrouterto cover with a hard crust
- incrusterto inset or affix decorative material
German überkrusten, verkrusten
- überkrustento cover with a hard crust
- verkrustento cover with a hard crust
- verkrustento form a crust
Hungarian kiver
- kiverto inset or affix decorative material
Latin incrustō
- incrustōto cover with a hard crust
Norwegian skjerpe, brune
- skjerpeto cover with a hard crust
- bruneto cover with a hard crust
Spanish incrustar
- incrustarto cover with a hard crust
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with encrust
Cite this entry
encrust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encrust
“encrust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encrust. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encrust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encrust.
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