incrustation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=crus=ta=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

incrustation, n. [L. incrustatio: cf. F. incrustation. See Incrust.].

•  The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.  [1913 Webster]
•  A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.  [1913 Webster]
•  A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anything inlaid or imbedded.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incrustation, n.
1 the process of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
2 a crust or hard coating, esp. of fine material.
3 a concretion or deposit on a surface.
4 a facing of marble etc. on a building.

Etymology

F incrustation or LL incrustatio (as ENCRUST)

THESAURUS

incrustation

blanketing, blocking, blotting out, cementwork, cloaking, clouding, coating, coverage, covering, crust, curtaining, eclipse, eclipsing, envelopment, enwrapment, enwrapping, eschar, hiding, laying on, mantling, masking, obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading, pargeting, pastry shell, piecrust, plasterwork, scab, scale, screening, sheathing, shell, shielding, shrouding, stalactite, stalagmite, stuccowork, superimposition, superposition, upholstering, upholstery, veiling, wrapping

ROGET THESAURUS

incrustation

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.