Examples of “crust” in a Sentence

noun The hard outer layer of something, especially bread or the Earth.

• The bread had a crisp, golden crust.
• The Earth's crust is thinnest beneath the oceans.
• Cut the crust off the sandwich if the children won't eat it.

verb To form or become covered with a hard outer layer.

• Snow had crusted over on the windowsill overnight.
• The mud crusted on his boots as it dried in the sun.
• Salt will crust around the edges of the pan if you leave it.