encrusted

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adjective

Having an incrustation.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb

alternative incrusted

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of encrust
adjectiveencrusted (comparative more encrusted, superlative most encrusted)

comparative more encrusted · superlative most encrusted · alternative incrusted

  1. Having an incrustation.

    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; [...].

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a hardened crust as a covering

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto enkrustita
  • enkrustitahaving an incrustation

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