crust
Loaf's firm edge
Crust is the hard outer layer of something softer inside—bread crust, pie crust, the earth's crust.
Snow develops a crust when the surface freezes.
A wound crusts over as it heals.
Crust also means audacity or nerve: He had the crust to ask for a raise after showing up late all week.
Crusty describes something dried and hardened, or a person who is gruff and irritable.
Crust-enclosed baked dish
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
- quicheCustard pie, often cheesy
- shortcrustCrumbly, buttery pastry dough
- puffBrief burst of air
flaky · lattice · crimped · dough · butter · filling · golden · tender
Made tough or unfeeling
- driedStripped of moisture
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- iceWater's solid form
layer · shell · coating · film · residue · buildup · deposits · sediment
Baked bread shape
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- baguetteElongated crusty loaf
- ciabattaFlat, airy Italian bread
- ryeHardy cereal crop
pumpernickel · wholegrain · multigrain · toast · sandwich · buttered · crumbs · golden
Crust plus upper mantle
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- continentalOf a continent
- oceanicOf the sea
- mantleCovering or wrap
plates · subduction · earthquakes · faults · rift · seafloor · asthenosphere · thickness
pie
Crust-enclosed baked dish
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
- quicheCustard pie, often cheesy
- shortcrustCrumbly, buttery pastry dough
puff · flaky · lattice · crimped · dough · butter · filling · golden · tender · prebaked
hardened
Made tough or unfeeling
ice · layer · shell · coating · film · residue · buildup · deposits · sediment · salt
loaf
Baked bread shape
rye · pumpernickel · wholegrain · multigrain · toast · sandwich · buttered · crumbs · golden · browned
lithosphere
Crust plus upper mantle
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- continentalOf a continent
- oceanicOf the sea
mantle · plates · subduction · earthquakes · faults · rift · seafloor · asthenosphere · thickness · basaltic
dough
Flour-liquid mixture for baking
neapolitan · crispy · chewy · charred · bubbly · wood-fired · deep-dish · flatbread · focaccia · puffy
wound
Coiled, or an injury
skin · callus · protective · forming · picked · flaking · covering · lesion · sore · blister
- bakingbaking, bread baking, cake decorating, mixing, whisking
- breadbaguette, brioche, ciabatta, focaccia, challah
- pizzacheese pizza, dough, pepperoni, supreme pizza, slice
- Bread Bakingbread flour, yeast, dough, knead, kneading
- culinary artsflavor, aroma, seasoning, sauce, roasting
- earth scienceatmosphere, earthquake, geology, volcano, eruption
crustcore
Central essential portion
interior · center · inner core · depths · inner layer
crusttimidity
Fearful lack of courage
shyness · diffidence · modesty · timorousness · bashfulness
- pie crustBaked outer layer
- pizza crustBaked bread beneath toppings
- upper crustSocial elite class
- bread crustsBaked loaf exterior
- thin crustMinimal dough layer
- thin-crust pizzaPie with minimal dough base
crusty, crusts, crusted, crustacean, encrust, crusting, encrusted, piecrust, crustless