costra — meaning in English

English meaning

• crust noun The hard outer layer of something, especially bread or the Earth.
• scab noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
• sludge noun Thick, soft, semi-liquid mud, waste, or sediment.

Senses

costra is used for these senses in English:

• crust A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• scab An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
• sludge A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.

crust — full definition

1. noun The hard outer layer of something, especially bread or the Earth.
2. verb To form or become covered with a hard outer layer.

scab — full definition

1. noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
2. noun An insulting term for a worker who continues working, or takes a striking worker's job, during a labour strike.
3. verb To act as a strikebreaker.

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