Antonyms for encrust

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-kruhst

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkrʌst

Definition of encrust

Origin : 1640s, from French incruster, from Latin incrustare "to cover with crust," from in- (see in- (2)) + crusta (see crust). Related: Encrusted; encrusting.

As in line : verb put covering inside object
As in plate : verb coat with metallic material
As in dirty : verb cause to be soiled

Example sentences :

You think this, and are ready to encrust yourself with what is conventional and practical.
Extract from : « The Kempton-Wace Letters » by Jack London

Chatterton took great pains to encrust his gold with verd-antique; it requires little to remove the green rubbish from the coin.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII. » by Various

In spite of daily care, very hard water will encrust the china.
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping » by Elizabeth Hale Gilman

They constitute the greater number by far of the hard minerals which encrust the terrestrial globe.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

Poetry has no golden mean; mediocrity here is of another metal, which Voltaire, however, had skill enough to encrust and polish.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

Some marine algae which secrete carbonate of lime not only encrust rocks but give rise to sheets of submarine limestone.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 » by Various

A constant sense of gloom is settled like a pall over the whole building, blacker even than the soot and grime which encrust it.
Extract from : « A Girl Among the Anarchists » by Isabel Meredith

Synonyms for encrust

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