incrust

1. 1.

   decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

   Synonymsencrustbeset

   Broaderdecorate
2. 2.

   cover or coat with a crust

   Synonymsencrust

   Broadercoat
3. 3.

   form a crust or a hard layer

   Synonymsencrust

   Broaderharden

   Narrowereffloresce

Other forms of incrust

past tense

incrusted·

present participle

incrusting·

third person

incrusts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about incrust

What does incrust mean?

incrust means "decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in incrust?

incrust has 2 syllables: in-crust. The stress falls on "crust". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɹʌst/.

What is another word for incrust?

Close synonyms include encrust, beset, encrust, encrust. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is incrust a common word?

incrust is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with incrust?

2 words rhyme with incrust. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.