Crust

Morpheme

Crust

Type

free base

Denotation

hard outer surface or boundary

Etymology

Middle English cruste; Anglo-Norman cruste; Old French cruste; Latin crusta

Evidence

biocrust, breadcrust, crust, crusta, crustacea, crustacean, crustae, crustal, crustation, crusted, crustier, crusties, crustiest, crusting, crustless, crustlike, crustosus, crustquake, crusts, crusty, decrust, encrust, encrusted, encruster, encrusting, encrustment, encrusts, nonencrusting, overcrust, shortcrust

Notes

crust and crusta are doublets

See Also

Crouton