encrusted
Caked with deposits
Encrusted describes something covered with a hard layer or coating, typically built up over time.
Jewels may be encrusted with smaller gems; a pan becomes encrusted with burnt residue; barnacles encrust a ship's hull.
The coating is usually uneven, rough, or textured: The old pipe was encrusted with mineral deposits.
The word often suggests neglect or age.
Dried into a hard coating
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- driedStripped of moisture
- layeredHaving multiple levels
- congealedSolidified when cooled
clotted · coagulated · solidified · built-up · thick · cemented · glazed · residue
Covered with thin plates
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
- roughUneven in surface
- barnacledCovered with clinging crustaceans
- crackledMade brittle snapping sounds
brittle · gritty · pitted · corroded · tarnished · weathered · calloused · crumbling
Decorated with precious stones
- bedazzledOverwhelmed with wonder
- studdedDecorated with projecting pieces
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- ornamentedMade visually elaborate
gilded · sequined · beaded · inlaid · spangled · garnished · trimmed · festooned
caked
Dried into a hard coating
congealed · clotted · coagulated · solidified · built-up · thick · cemented · glazed · residue · deposits
scaly
Covered with thin plates
crackled · brittle · gritty · pitted · corroded · tarnished · weathered · calloused · crumbling · fissured
bejeweled
Decorated with precious stones
- bedazzledOverwhelmed with wonder
- studdedDecorated with projecting pieces
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
ornamented · gilded · sequined · beaded · inlaid · spangled · garnished · trimmed · festooned · adorned
plated
Coated with metal
varnished · gilded · shellacked · layered · filmed · covered · sealed · overlaid · surfaced
inlaid
Set into a surface
socketed · fixed · implanted · lodged · sunk · pressed · affixed
- decoratedadorned, bedecked, decorated, embellished, festooned
- hardenedhardened, solidified, petrified, fossilized, calcified
- jewelry termsdiamond, ruby, gold, silver, pearl
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- finishespainted, polished, varnish, paint, matte silver
- protectedprotected, shielded, guarded, secured, safe
encrustedplain
Basic and unremarkable
unadorned · unembellished · simple · austere · minimalist