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View synonyms for encrustation
encrustation
[ en-kruh-stey-shuhn ]
noun
- an encrusting or being encrusted.
- a crust or coat of anything on the surface of a body; covering, coating, or scale.
- the inlaying or addition of enriching materials on or to a surface or an object.
- the enriching materials inlaid on or added to a surface or an object.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of encrustation1
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Example Sentences
It is hard and mineralized, this is to say, the warp and woof of silk are hidden by a thick encrustation of sand.
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This quickly removes the encrustation if it has not been allowed to grow thick before the attempt is made.
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He had reached the end of the narrow passage, and dimly made out a domed room in the rock, white with translucent encrustation.
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They laved their wounds, which were intensely sore at first, owing to the encrustation of salt on their skins.
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Gabriel sat up on the bed and rapped the bowl of his pipe against the bedpost to loosen some refractory encrustation.
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