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Meaning of "encrustment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENCRUSTMENT

encrustment  [ɪnˈkrʌstmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENCRUSTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Encrustment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENCRUSTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of encrustment in the English dictionary

The definition of encrustment in the dictionary is an outer layer of crust.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENCRUSTMENT


adjustment
əˈdʒʌstmənt
agistment
əˈdʒɪstmənt
arrestment
əˈrɛstmənt
blastment
ˈblɑːstmənt
disafforestment
ˌdɪsəˈfɒrɪstmənt
disinvestment
ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛstmənt
dismastment
dɪsˈmɑːstmənt
divestment
daɪˈvɛstmənt
encystment
ɛnˈsɪstmənt
enlistment
ɪnˈlɪstmənt
entrustment
ɪnˈtrʌstmənt
investment
ɪnˈvɛstmənt
maladjustment
ˌmæləˈdʒʌstmənt
overadjustment
ˌəʊvərəˈdʒʌstmənt
overinvestment
ˌəʊvərɪnˈvɛstmənt
readjustment
ˌriːəˈdʒʌstmənt
reenlistment
ˌriːɪnˈlɪstmənt
reinvestment
ˌriːɪnˈvɛstmənt
underinvestment
ˌʌndərɪnˈvestmənt
vestment
ˈvɛstmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENCRUSTMENT

encradle
encraty
encrimson
encrinal
encrinic
encrinital
encrinite
encrinitic
encroach
encroacher
encroachment
encrust
encrustation
encrusted
encrypt
encrypted
encryption
enculturate
enculturation
enculturative

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENCRUSTMENT

advertisement
allotment
apartment
appointment
assortment
commitment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
department
disappointment
enactment
fire department
fitment
graphic design department
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
the treatment
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of encrustment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «encrustment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENCRUSTMENT

Find out the translation of encrustment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of encrustment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «encrustment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

encrustment
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

encrustment
570 millions of speakers

English

encrustment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

encrustment
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

encrustment
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

encrustment
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encrustment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

encrustment
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

encrustment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketelusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

encrustment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

encrustment
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

encrustment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Encrustment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

encrustment
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

encrustment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Encrustment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

encrustment
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incrostazioni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

encrustment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

encrustment
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

encrustment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

encrustment
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

encrustment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

encrustment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

encrustment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of encrustment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCRUSTMENT»

The term «encrustment» is used very little and occupies the 158.070 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENCRUSTMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «encrustment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «encrustment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about encrustment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENCRUSTMENT»

Discover the use of encrustment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to encrustment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
SPE/ANTEC 2001 Proceedings
The failed cables have shield wires with heavy mineral encrustment of high calcium carbonate content (Figure 5). With the cable and shield wires dry, the resistance between the shield wires and the semiconductor layer over the insulation can ...
Spe, 2001
2
Squirrels at My Window: Life with a Remarkable Gang of Urban ...
Fur was missing and there was a kind of encrustment between his shoulders. The malady lingered for a couple of weeks, during which time some fur grew back and the encrustment changed in appearance. Sometimes it looked like a dirty strip ...
Grace Marmor Spruch, 1983
3
Unsaturated Polyester Technology
After extensive use of an externally applied release agent this build-up often combines with residues of the resin being molded, carbonizes, and forms an encrustment on the mold which can only be removed with considerable difficulty. Ideally ...
Paul F. Bruins, 1976
4
Facies from Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations
38, 1 : Sphinctozoa (filtration); 2: Bryozoa (encrustment, filtration); 3: Trilobita ( dwelling, bioturbation); 4: Serpulid worms (encrustment); 5: Crinoidea (nitration, grain production); 6: Brachiopoda (dwelling); 7: Mollusc (dwelling); 8: Ostracoda  ...
Emmanuelle Vennin, 2007
5
Conference Proceedings
The failed cables have shield wires with heavy mineral encrustment of high calcium carbonate content (Figure 5). With the cable and shield wires dry, the resistance between the shield wires and the semiconductor layer over the insulation can ...
Society of Plastics Engineers. Technical Conference, 2001
6
Bulletin of the Moscow Society for Natural Research: ...
Another indication of the off-shore formation of these facies is the presence of an encrustment structure (Figure 3). On samples of Pisannyi Kamen' limestones in various stages, the encrustment may be observed. It starts to develop on skeleton  ...
Moskovskoe obshchestvo ispytateleĭ prirody, 1956
7
Sequel to Personal Narrative of the "Irish Rebellion" of 1798
My Father, whose fine formed head and silver locks are still present to my imagination, presented, on his removal from this detestable prison, a perfect encrustment of festered wound from the forehead to the occiput. >_ The commander of the ...
Charles Hamilton Teeling, 1832
8
The Energy-Environment Connection
The present process of emergency planning is thus triply flawed: it combines the legacy of dual licensing, encrustment in litigation, and an approach that has no objective performance criteria. Particularly the third flaw may be attributed to the ...
Jack Hollander, 1992
9
The Father's Tale
Moreover, from that height, and that height alone, one could look down upon the whole of Halcyon, which at night became an encrustment of fiery jewels, resting on the shadowed collar ofa beautiful recumbent woman, sleeping in her gown, ...
Michael O'Brien, 2011
10
The Light That Never Was
In the background were formidable, oranged mountains, their jagged peaks softened with an encrustment of white. Along the arms of the bay, the quiet, warm sea lapped enormous boulders and fantastically shaped monoliths deposited there ...
Lloyd Biggle, 1999

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENCRUSTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term encrustment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Time For Every Jewel Under Heaven
From emerald encrusted hair pins todiamond flowers sprouting out of finger rings and a delicate encrustment of traditional Indian motifs and ... «The New Indian Express, Oct 14»
2
Climbing The Snowiest Mountain In The World
Previous days' rain had frozen over, creating an icy encrustment near the summit. Despite being so close, Craig made the responsible decision ... «Gizmodo Australia, Sep 14»
3
A Year-Long Bath Will Reveal the Secrets of This Confederate Sub
Once the sub has had its soak, another nine months of scrubbing and scraping will be necessary to fully eliminate the encrustment and another ... «Gizmodo, May 14»
4
Pyng Medical Launches New Tourniquet Device for Emergency …
Durable and effective even in extreme conditions, such as mud, water and sand submersion, extreme cold, ice-encrustment and hard surface ... «PR Web, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Encrustment [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/encrustment>. Apr 2024 ».
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