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crustless

crustless

1 3.0
Without the outer edge on food like bread or pie
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrʌstləs/
translation icon : sin corteza
  • Perhaps a tea, a crustless sandwich, followed by a depth discussion of music and literature, such as the themes in the excellent O. Henry and G. D. Maupassant.
  • crustless sandwiches

Examples

  • I made what is known as... the crustless quiche, the frittata.

  • Lee picked up a crustless triangle of her sandwich.

  • Lee picked up a crustless triangle of her sandwich.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • This appears to be crustless bread with sprinkles on it.

  • This appears to be crustless bread with sprinkles on it.

  • It's a crustless quiche.

  • Candace and Milicent were already there, chatting over tiny, crustless sandwiches and Dresden cups of tea.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • She put caviar, chopped egg, and onion on a crustless toast wedge and savored it.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • On it was half a grapefruit with a silver serrated spoon by its side, a four-minute egg upended and indented in an egg cup, a crustless piece of toast already buttered, and another, fresher cup of black coffee.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • This appears to be crustless bread with sprinkles on it.

Synonyms

uncrusted
vscrustless
4.9

Not having a hard outer layer, often said about food like bread

is used for food to mean no outer edge rather than only lacking hardness

Antonyms

1 4.2

Covered with a hard layer on the surface

4.3

A thing with a decorative border, for example of gold or lace

How Crusted

encrusted
1 5.8
crusted
1 4.2
crustless
1 3.0

Surface Forms

crustless positive

Morphology

crustless = crust (transparent) = crust + less

Formed by the noun 'crust' plus the productive suffix '-less', meaning 'without a crust', which learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Crustless comes from crust, the outer edge or hard part of bread or pie, and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So crustless simply means 'without' that outer edge, like a sandwich or pie with no crust.