Thesaurus results for INCRUST

encrust

verb

in-ˈkrəst

variants also incrust

Definition of encrust next

as in to smear

to cover with a hardened layer refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills

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Recent Examples of encrust Before work, my Volvo was fully encrusted, the door frozen shut. —

Elizabeth Kelsey, Time, 26 Jan. 2026 The high-neck lace dress featured floral motifs and was encrusted with pearls. —

Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026 His work is marked by unusual, even bizarre, material choices that encrust spatial compositions reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s innovative open space plans. —

Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026 Their debut album, Bergtatt (1995), released when singer Kristoffer Garm Rygg was 18, inspired a whole universe of nature-drunk folk metal; meanwhile, Nattens Madrigal (1997) is a prime example of the most scabrous and distortion-encrusted recesses of black metal. —

Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for encrust

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Micron has come a long way since its humble founding nearly half a century ago in the basement of a Boise dental office, where sedative gas wafted through the floorboards and an early executive used a hair dryer to keep the company’s logo from smearing off its chips.

— Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
There’s a very good reason why audiences emerged from that movie ready to smear lipstick all over their faces for Halloween and then march in costume down to the Dolby Theater to demand an Oscar nomination.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026