variants
or less commonly incrust
encrusted also incrusted; encrusting also incrusting; encrusts also incrusts
: to cover, line, or overlay with or as if with a crust
: to form a crust
Examples of encrust in a Sentence
refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills
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Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
His Lifestyle Flyback Chronograph RM 72-01 is encrusted with diamonds set in white gold and features a green rubber strap.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
It was then replaced with a $150K Jordan replica sneaker sculpture, encrusted with 143,000 Swarovski crystals, each hand-set over three months.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Chloe Bailey Bailey gave the sheer dressing a glimmering spin, wearing a backless look encrusted with cascading silver sequins by Chet Lo from the brand’s fall 2024 ready-to-wear collection.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Encrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encrust. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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encrust
transitive verb
en·crust
variants
also incrust
: to cover, line, or overlay with a crust
: to form a crust
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