crusted
Americanadjective
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having a crust; encrusted.
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(of a wine) containing a hardened deposit accumulated during aging in the bottle.
crusted port.
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having the accruals of age; antique.
Other Word Forms
- crustedly adverb
- uncrusted adjective
Etymology
Origin of crusted
Example Sentences
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Constable’s famously crusted, white-flecked surfaces, as seen in this painting’s coarsely textured beams and choppy canal water, and in its windswept, cloud-filled skies, became touchstones in his work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
It noted that Linda had supplied photos of her mum with her eyes crusted and her tongue coated and dry.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025
This dish rekindles that memory, offering a grown-up take on the crusted white fish.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024
We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl that’s been crusted over by the steady gnawing of time.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024
Our sleep shirts crusted over during the night, drying and hardening with the hot air and dust like they had been lightly starched, the way Grandma did the collars of my dad’s dress shirts.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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