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Synonyms for encrust

Most common

cake coat plaster beset

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cover with a hard crust.

    a doughnut encrusted with sugar

Related words

Other spellings
incrust

Forms

Past participle
encrusted
e.g. encrusted → caked, coated, plastered…

Example sentences

  • cake If you are a good boy, you shall have a nice cake.
  • coat That coat is just the style I've been looking for.
  • plaster Can I travel on a plane if I have a plaster cast?
  • beset The company is still beset by technical challenges.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
encruststeady
cakerising
coatrising
plastersteady
besetfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
cake1, coat1
5 letters
beset2
7 letters
plaster2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beset2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
incruster
Español
incrustar