encrust

[US]/ɪn'krʌst/
[UK]/ɛnˈkrʌst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. cover with a shell; decorate the outer layer
vi. form a crust.

Phrases & Collocations

encrust with jewels

encrust with diamonds

Example Sentences

the mussels encrust navigation buoys.

a gold crown encrusted with jewels

a scepter that is encrusted with diamonds; legalities that were encrusted with tradition.

Salt from the sea have encrust on the dry sand.

covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil.

Nautical To encrust (a ship's hull) with foreign matter, such as barnacles.

The emperor was clad in a rich robe encrusted with jewels.

Elasticated black fishnet, encrusted with a galaxy of Olive crystals, between bat-tipped, pewter bars.

Eczema:A noncontagious inflammation of the skin, characterized chiefly by redness, itching, and the outbreak of lesions that may discharge serous matter and become encrusted and scaly.

Real-world Examples

It might have been encrusted with diamonds.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Mickalene Thomas'signature technique is to encrust her prints with rhinestones.

Source: VOA Standard November 2015 Collection

It's about yay big, encrusted in rubies? Hard to miss.

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

Hundreds of tons of white marble, encrusted with jewels, costing the equivalent of $70 million dollars today.

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

Encrusted with verdigris, two statues of the “liver bird”, the city's symbol, sit atop a riverside building.

Source: The Economist - International

Met Gala, I wore a tuxedo from Gucci with at diamond encrusted sort of a cobra on the back.

Source: 73 Quick Questions and Answers with Celebrities (Bilingual Selection)

Innumerable chains and beads hung around her spindly neck, and her arms and hands were encrusted with bangles and rings.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

You have a mochi encrusted onaga, onaga is a local red snapper.

Source: Buzzfeed Women's Fashion Talk

Inside the napkin was a steel dagger, with a handle encrusted with gold.

Source: The Mystery of 813 (Part 1)

A heart-shaped lace embellishment sat on top of the shoe, encrusted with sequins and pearls.

Source: Fashion experts interpret film and television dramas.

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