What is another word for crusted?

Pronunciation: [kɹˈʌstɪd] (IPA)

When describing a surface that has developed a hardened layer or coating, the word "crusted" may come to mind. However, there are several other synonyms that can be used to convey a similar meaning. Some alternatives to "crusted" include encrusted, coated, covered, caked, layered, and encased. Using these synonyms can add variety to your writing and help avoid repetition. For example, instead of saying "the cake had a crusted layer on top," you could say "the cake was coated with a hardened layer of icing," or "the top of the cake was encrusted with a sugary glaze".

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What are the hypernyms for Crusted?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for crusted?

The antonyms for the word "crusted" are words that describe the opposite of something being covered in a hard or thick layer. Words such as "smooth," "soft," "delicate," "tender," "fresh," and "clean" are all antonyms of "crusted." "Smooth" refers to a surface that is free of roughness, bumps or any kind of irregularities. On the other hand, "soft" describes something that is supple, lightweight and easy to mold. "Delicate" implies that something is fragile and requires exquisite care, while "tender" describes something that is soft and easily chewable. Lastly, "fresh" indicates something that is not decayed, stale or old, while "clean" means that something is free from dirt, dust or stains.

What are the antonyms for Crusted?

Usage examples for Crusted

To-day he talked incessantly from the time they entered the "winter quarters," which was an old harness room in a corner of the smallest stable, until they left to walk back over the ice-crusted boards to School Hall.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour
She drooped gently forward, her hands unconsciously clasped, the long black lashes sweeping her cheeks; a soft tremor, as of red rose-leaves stirred by the wind, passing over her lips; draperies of satin, glossy and white as crusted snow, fell around her; a garland of blush-roses crowned the braids of purplish-black hair thickly coiled around a most queenly head.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens
The "stand" of the former was a water-tight box of pine, painted white, and about six feet square by four deep, which was quickly sunk into the snow-covered ice to about half its depth; the snow and ice removed by the shovel, being afterwards piled against the sides, beaten hard and smooth, and finally cemented by the use of water, which in a few moments froze the whole into the semblance of one of the thousands of hummocks, which marked the presence of crusted snow-drifts on the level ice.
"Adrift in the Ice-Fields"
Charles W. Hall

Famous quotes with Crusted

  • All these relics gave... Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine to memory. I liked the hush, the gloom, the quaintness of these retreats in the day; but I by no means coveted a night's repose on one of those wide and heavy beds: shut in, some of them, with doors of oak; shaded, others, with wrought old-English hangings crusted with thick work, portraying effigies of strange flowers, and stranger birds, and strangest human beings, — all which would have looked strange, indeed, by the pallid gleam of moonlight.
    Charlotte Brontë
  • For years Pershing Square has been one of the three or four places in America famous to homosexuals, famous not for its posh, the chic is round-heeled here, but because it is one of the avatars of good old masturbatory sex, dirty with the crusted sugars of smut, dirty rooming houses around the corner where the score is made, dirty book and photograph stores down the street.
    Norman Mailer
  • Did you know that when a guy comes, he comes 200 million sperm? And you're trying to tell me that your child is special because one out of 200 million -- that load! we're talking one load! -- connected. Gee, what are the fucking odds? 200 million; you know what that means? I have wiped civilizations off my chest with a gray gym sock. is special. Entire nations have flaked and crusted in the hair around my navel! is special. And I want you to remember that, you two-egg-carrying beings out there, with that holier-than-thou "we have the gift of life" attitude. I've tossed ...in my ...while ! Boom! A milky way shoots into my jockey shorts, "Aaaah, what's for fucking breakfast?"
    Bill Hicks

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