Synonyms for encrustation

Most common

scale · coating · crust · scab

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

Related words

Other spellings

incrustation

Forms

Plural

encrustations → scales, coatings, crusts, scabs…

Example sentences

• scale We had hopes of developing tourism on a big scale.
• coating His speciality is fresh fish with a salt coating.
• crust I didn't eat the bread because the crust was moldy.
• scab Tom's wound was still weeping and had yet to scab over.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

scab¹

5 letters

scale¹, crust¹

7 letters

coating²

11 letters

incrustment

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (coating² = 2 syllables).