📖 Definitions of "Incrust"
verb
- 1
To cover with a hard crust.
"a doughnut encrusted with sugar"
- 2
To form a crust.
- 3
To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
"The jeweller encrusted the ring with gems."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Incrust"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| encrustverb | (transitive) To cover with a hard crust. |
| crustnoun | The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc. |
| incubenoun | To incubate. |
| encradleverb | (transitive) To lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle. |
| cakenoun | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. |
| incloseverb | (now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose. [(transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.] |
| inmantleverb | (transitive, rare, archaic) To inwrap in a mantle; enshroud. |
| enwreatheverb | Alternative form of inwreathe. [(transitive, obsolete, poetic) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.] |
| entrenchverb | (figuratively) To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc. |
| insetnoun | A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one. |
| incloudnoun | Obsolete form of encloud. [(ambitransitive) To cloud up.] |
| embossnoun | (obsolete, rare) Synonym of boss (“a knob or projection”). |
| begrimenoun | (transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil. |
| inlockverb | (transitive) To lock in. |
| incusenoun | An impression hammered or pressed (onto a coin). |
| inhiveverb | (transitive) To place in a hive, or as if in a hive. |
| immantleverb | (poetic or archaic) To cover; to mantle. |
| encasketverb | (transitive) To place inside a casket. |
| inwreatheverb | (transitive, obsolete, poetic) To surround or encompass as with a wreath. |
| encaveverb | (transitive) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. |
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