incrustation

Examples

• All

• I used my nails to scratch at her ankle, which was covered with a greenish brass patina and mossy incrustations.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Years of exposure to seawater caused a thick incrustation on the ship's hull.

• The scientist studied the incrustation of salts that formed on the laboratory equipment.

Synonyms

C

crust

vsincrustation

91 1.1

A hard outer layer that forms on things like bread or dried mud

focuses on the formation process or presence rather than the finished layer

A

accretion

vsincrustation

• Specialized

6 7.4

Gradual growth by adding small bits or layers of matter

emphasizes forming a hard outer layer rather than general gradual buildup

E

encrustation

vsincrustation

1 7.5

A hard outer layer that forms on something, for example mineral build up on pipes

is the same meaning but written with a different initial letter

O

obduction

vsincrustation

• Archaic

9.9

A thin layer that covers a surface, like dust or wax

is the modern common word used for that covering or its formation

Antonyms

R

removal

106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

Compounds

I

incrustation of minerals

• Specialized

9.0

A hard layer of minerals that forms on a surface, like on pipes or cave walls

How Crusted

crust

91 1.1

incrustation

9.1

coating

35 3.4

film

191 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology