crust of bread

crust of bread — Cockney Rhyming Slang Head Use your crust, mate …   English dialects glossary

crust — [ krʌst ] noun count or uncount * 1. ) the hard brown outer part of a LOAF of bread: a crust of bread: Sparrows pecked at a crust of bread. 2. ) a layer of cooked PASTRY that forms the outer part of a PIE. The inner part is called the filling. 3 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

crust — noun 1 on a loaf of bread, pie, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ thick, thin ▪ flaky (esp. AmE) ▪ bread, pastry, pie, pizza …   Collocations dictionary

crust */ — UK [krʌst] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms crust : singular crust plural crusts 1) the hard brown outer part of a loaf of bread a crust of bread: Sparrows pecked at a crust of bread. 2) a layer of cooked pastry that forms the outer… …   English dictionary

Crust — This unusual and interesting name is of French origin and has two possible meanings. Firstly it could either be a nickname surname for one who is obstinate or stubborn, hard as a crust and derives from the Old French Crouste , a crust (of bread)… …   Surnames reference

crust —   Pāpa a.    ♦ Crust of bread, pāpa a o ka palaoa.    ♦ To begin to form a crust, as a wound, olomio …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

Crust — may refer to: Crust (dermatology) The Crust, television series Physical sciences: Crust (geology), at least continent wide structure Soil crust, local biology sensitive structure Food: Crust, dense surface layer of bread Crust, outer layer… …   Wikipedia

crust´like´ — crust «kruhst», noun, verb. –n. 1. the hard, outside part of bread: »Baking makes the crust hard and dry to protect the crumb inside. 2. a) a piece of this: »The boy was told to eat the crusts of his sandwich. b) any hard, dry piece of bread. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

crust´less — crust «kruhst», noun, verb. –n. 1. the hard, outside part of bread: »Baking makes the crust hard and dry to protect the crumb inside. 2. a) a piece of this: »The boy was told to eat the crusts of his sandwich. b) any hard, dry piece of bread. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

Crust — (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. cro[^u]te; prob. akin to Gr. ????? ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See {Raw}, and cf. {Custard}.] 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

crust — ► NOUN 1) the tough outer part of a loaf of bread. 2) a hard, dry scrap of bread. 3) informal a living or livelihood: earning a crust. 4) a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on something soft. 5) a layer of pastry covering a pie. 6) the… …   English terms dictionary