ENCRUSTATION

incrustation, encrustation

(noun) a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay

crust, incrustation, encrustation

(noun) a hard outer layer that covers something

incrustation, encrustation

(noun) the formation of a crust

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

encrustation (countable and uncountable, plural encrustations)

Alternative form of incrustation

Anagrams

• anticounters, counterstain, cruentations, neurotactins

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

5 June 2025

UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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