Crust vs Cruet - What's the difference?
crust | cruet |
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
The external layer of most types of bread.
An outer layer composed of pastry
* Dryden
* Macaulay
The bread-like base of a pizza.
(geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
(uncountable) Nerve, gall.
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crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
To cover with a crust.
* Boyle
* Felton
To form a crust.
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.
*1851 ,
*:Mrs. Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime.
(British) A stand for these containers.
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, chapter=1/1 A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.
As nouns the difference between crust and cruet
is that crust is a more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary while cruet is a small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.As a verb crust
is to cover with a crust.crust
English
(wikipedia crust)Noun
- Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
- They made the crust for the venison pasty.
- You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
Verb
(en verb)- The whole body is crusted over with ice.
- Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock.
Anagrams
*cruet
English
Alternative forms
* crewetNoun
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