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Definition: Encrusted |
EncrustedAdjective1. Having a hardened crust as a covering. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "encrusted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: EncrustedSynonyms: crusted (adj), crustlike (adj), crusty (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Encrusted |
| English words defined with "encrusted": caliche, caliche-topped, candied, candied fruit, crystallized fruit ♦ effloresce ♦ hardpan ♦ stonewort, sugar-coated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "encrusted": CELL CLEANER ♦ DOOR-CLOSER MECHANIC ♦ ELECTRODE CLEANER ♦ MARINE-SERVICES TECHNICIAN, math-out ♦ salitral, SPOUT WORKER. (references) |
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 | Examining a large piece of driftwood encrusted with barnacles. Prince Albert I to the right while Captain Carr is to the left with a crewman in between. Plate V, print 19. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The cupola pouring spout must be kept free of encrusted slag at all times, particularly during the pouring process. Location: a large foundry of a Midwest machine tool plant. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Grotto" by Louise Ingram Commentary: "Entrance to the Grotto at Goldney, Bristol, England. The inside of the grotto is completely encrusted with shells from all over the world!." | "Crepuscular Chair" by Brian Corll Commentary: "Barnacle encrusted plastic chair found on the beach." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | That the face of the sun will by degrees be encrusted with its own effluvia, and give no more light to the world |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Martha Stewart | That they've created entire rooms out of things like pine scales. Entire rooms. And I went to a place in England where there was a grotto that is completely encrusted with shells. |
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| "Encrusted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 42.22% of the time. "Encrusted" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 42.22% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 40% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 17.78% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "encrusted": be encrusted ♦ become encrusted ♦ encrusted with jewels. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "encrusted": barnacle-encrusted, jewel-encrusted, mud-encrusted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
chicken encrusted pecan | 5 |
chicken encrusted pecan recipe | 4 |
encrusted gold grape hi hoop leaf lighted | 3 |
encrusted salmon | 3 |
diamond encrusted bracelet | 3 |
coconut encrusted recipe shrimp | 2 |
encrusted horseradish salmon | 2 |
encrusted fish pecan | 2 |
encrusted fecal material picture | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "encrusted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | cystitis incrustans (encrusted cystitis). (various references) | |
Dutch | cystitis incrustativa (encrusted cystitis). (various references) | |
French | cystite incrustée (encrusted cystitis). (various references) | |
German | überkrustete (overcrusted). (various references) | |
Greek | επιστρωμένοσ. (various references) | |
Italian | incrostare (be encrusted, cake, encrust, scale), cistite da incrostazioni (encrusted cystitis). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | encrusteday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cistite incrustada (encrusted cystitis). (various references) | |
Spanish | cistitis incrustada (encrusted cystitis). (various references) | |
Swedish | juvelbesatt (encrusted with jewels). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Encrusted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decrusted, encratite, encrossed, encruster. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "encrusted" (pronounced enkru"stud) |
| 7 | -k r u" s t u d | crusted. |
| 6 | -r u" s t u d | distrusted, entrusted, mistrusted, rusted, trusted. |
| 5 | -u" s t u d | adjusted, busted, lusted, disgusted, dusted, gusted, maladjusted, readjusted, unadjusted. |
| 4 | -s t u d | accosted, arrested, assisted, attested, bested, blacklisted, blasted, boasted, boosted, breasted, chested, coasted, coexisted, congested, consisted, contested, contrasted, costed, crested, delisted, detested, digested, invested, lambasted, lasted, listed, disinterested, divested, enlisted, exhausted, existed, fasted, feasted, fisted, flabbergasted, foisted, forecasted, forested, frosted, guested, harvested, hoisted, hosted, infested, ingested, insisted, interested, manifested, masted, molested, nested, ousted, outlasted, pasted, persisted, posted, preexisted, protested, rearrested, reinvested, requested, resisted, rested, retested, roasted, roosted, sandblasted, suggested, tasted, tested, tightfisted, toasted, twisted, unassisted, uncontested, uninterested, unlisted, unmolested, untested, vested, wasted, worsted, wrested. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bifurcated, bigoted, blanketed, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boated, bolted, booted, boycotted, budgeted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coated, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lamented, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disintegrated, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, diverted, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrypted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fated, faulted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fitted, fixated, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, fomented, footed, footnoted, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hooted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interjected, malted, maltreated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mitigated, moderated, modulated, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, outdated, outed, outfitted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, rerouted, resented, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, rocketed, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, taunted, tempted, terminated, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tilted, tinted, titillated, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, tufted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unmitigated, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-n-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: censured, dentures, sederunt, underset, unrested. | |
-2 letters: censure, centers, centred, centres, credent, crested, crudest, crusted, decerns, denture, descent, encrust, endures, ensured, eructed, neuters, recused, reduces, rescued, retuned, retunes, scented, secured, seducer, tenders, tenrecs, tenured, tenures, tureens, undrest. | |
-3 letters: ceders, censed, censer, center, centre, cereus, certes, ceruse, creeds, crudes, cruets, cruset, curets, cursed, decent, decern. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-n-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: uncorseted, unescorted. | |
+2 letters: countersued, documenters, underreacts. | |
+3 letters: counterposed, incertitudes, recrudescent, rediscounted, reeducations, reintroduces, traducements, unchristened, underclothes, unrestricted. | |
+4 letters: conductresses, counterorders, counterpoised, countersigned, counterstated, countertrades, countertrends, deconstructed, documentaries, incredulities, overdocuments, reconstituted, reconstructed, reductiveness, superinfected, unconsecrated, undercurrents. | |
+5 letters: counterdemands, counterstained, counterstepped, deconstructive, discouragement, indestructible, nondestructive, overdiscounted, overeducations, preconstructed, productiveness, rediscountable, superconducted, superconfident, trinucleotides, undersecretary, unpredictables. | |
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