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incriminatory |
incroyable |
incruental |
incrust |
incrustate |
incrustation
| incrusted
| incrustment
| incrystallizable
| incubate
| incubation
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incrustation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun incrustation has 3 senses
- incrustation(n = noun.process) encrustation - the formation of a crust; Array is a kind of formation
- incrustation(n = noun.object) crust, encrustation - a hard outer layer that covers something; Array is a kind of cover, covering, natural covering
- incrustation(n = noun.artifact) encrustation - a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay; Array is a kind of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
Derived form verb incrust3
has particulars: calculus, tartar, tophus
Derived forms verb incrust3, verb incrust2
Derived form verb incrust1
CIDE DICTIONARY
incrustation, n. [L. incrustatio: cf. F. incrustation. See Incrust.].
- The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. [1913 Webster]
- A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler. [1913 Webster]
- A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. [1913 Webster]
- Anything inlaid or imbedded. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
incrustation, n.
1 the process of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
2 a crust or hard coating, esp. of fine material.
3 a concretion or deposit on a surface.
4 a facing of marble etc. on a building.
1 the process of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
2 a crust or hard coating, esp. of fine material.
3 a concretion or deposit on a surface.
4 a facing of marble etc. on a building.
Etymology
F incrustation or LL incrustatio (as ENCRUST)
THESAURUS
incrustation
blanketing, blocking, blotting out, cementwork, cloaking, clouding, coating, coverage, covering, crust, curtaining, eclipse, eclipsing, envelopment, enwrapment, enwrapping, eschar, hiding, laying on, mantling, masking, obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading, pargeting, pastry shell, piecrust, plasterwork, scab, scale, screening, sheathing, shell, shielding, shrouding, stalactite, stalagmite, stuccowork, superimposition, superposition, upholstering, upholstery, veiling, wrappingROGET THESAURUS
incrustation
Covering
N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.
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