Thesaurus results for CRUSTED

crusted

verb

past tense of crust

as in encrusted

to cover with a hardened layer pipes crusted with mineral deposits

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Recent Examples of crusted Minimize direct exposure while your skin is red, peeling, swollen, crusted, or otherwise healing. — Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Irving’s lighthouse, built for the 1893 World’s Fair, was salt crusted, wind battered, and timeworn, at once a shithole and a feat of civil engineering. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 Sliced turkey comes in a handful of styles, including smoked, honey-roasted, pepper-crusted and herb-roasted, as well as low-sodium, organic and 95% fat-free. — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Black-fly bites from the week before had crusted near our hairlines and circled our wrists. — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026 What's Included Among the entrees are two varieties of salmon (coconut macadamia nut-crusted or grilled), chicken (either grilled or lightly breaded), London broil, marinara beef meatballs and turkey meat loaf. — Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2026 The shrinking lake left behind a wasteland crusted in toxic salt. — Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026 Kingfish is crusted in chile and garlic, set atop a fennel-coconut puree. — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026 For dinner, Federico and his staff were offering herb crusted rack of lamb, a pork chop with butter, sage and mortadella, or pan-seared halibut. — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2026

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Paris Texas’ spring 2027 collection, presented in Milan, is betting big on statement wedge styles, including the Wanda encrusted with crystals and the Romy featuring a cork wedge with a galvanized gold finish.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
On their way to the Bahamas in 1940, where the duke would serve as governor, Simpson sported one of her new creations, a blazing Cartier flamingo brooch, encrusted with diamonds, emeralds, citrines, rubies, and sapphires.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of encrusted

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Researchers then installed the electrodes and coated the structure with sputtered gold.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Increase heat to medium-high; cook, adding more pasta cooking liquid as needed, until pasta is al dente and coated in sauce, 2–3 minutes.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026

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Other suites are even more striking, covered from head to toe in a flora wallpaper and bright, colorful custom furniture.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
Construction crews stripped the president's name from the exterior in June, but the front portico of the building has since been covered by a tarp, concealing most of its name.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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