Encrust

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  • transitive verb. To cover or coat with or as if with a crust.
  • transitive verb. To decorate by inlaying or overlaying with a contrasting material.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See incrust, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To incrust. See incrust.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To cover with a hard crust.
  • verb. To inset or affix decorative materials upon a surface
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
  • verb. cover or coat with a crust
  • verb. form a crust or a hard layer
  • Word Usage
    "That was the message I got from readers after last week's column on how those retailer "rewards" cards increasingly fill our wallets and encrust our key chains."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adjust  antitrust  brust  bused  bussed  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    incrust  
    variant
    incrust  
    verb-form