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Meaning of "upper crust" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UPPER CRUST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPPER CRUST

noun
adjective
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Upper crust 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 UPPER CRUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of upper crust in the English dictionary

The definition of upper crust in the dictionary is the upper class.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UPPER CRUST

upper atmosphere
Upper Austria
upper back
upper body
Upper Canada
upper case
upper chamber
upper circle
upper class
upper classes
upper deck
Upper Egypt
upper hand
upper house
upper income bracket
upper jaw
Upper Karoo
upper lip
Upper Lough Erne
upper management

WORDS THAT END LIKE UPPER CRUST

antirust
antitrust
becrust
charitable trust
continental crust
crust
distrust
duricrust
encrust
entrust
frust
incrust
mistrust
National Trust
piecrust
rust
subcrust
thrust
trust
upper-crust

Synonyms and antonyms of upper crust in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «upper crust» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UPPER CRUST

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

Translator English - Chinese

上地壳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corteza superior
570 millions of speakers

English

upper crust
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपरी परत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القشرة العليا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

верхняя кора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crosta superior
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপরের খড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gratin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerak atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hautevolee
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上部地殻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상류층
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndhuwur kulit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tầng lớp thượng lưu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல் மேலோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरील कवच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üst kabuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crosta superiore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

górna skorupa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

верхня кора
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crusta de sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανώτερο φλοιό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boonste kors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upper crust
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Upper Crust
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of upper crust

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UPPER CRUST»

The term «upper crust» is regularly used and occupies the 83.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UPPER CRUST» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPPER CRUST»

Discover the use of upper crust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to upper crust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Upper Crust
Geoffrey Kennell. The Upper Crust Geoffrey Kennell THE UPPER CRUST GEOFFREY KENNELL. Front Cover.
Geoffrey Kennell, 2012
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The Crust
He utilized two methods in calculating an average upper-crust composition: (i) using the map distributions, irrespective of level of erosion and (ii) for areas that have been significantly eroded, restoring the eroded upper crust, assuming it has a ...
Roberta L. Rudnick, 2005
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The Earth's Crust: Its Nature and Physical Properties
Combined interpretation of the amplitudes of upper crustal phases, the head wave in the upper crust (Pg)> and the reflection from the top of the lower crustal layer (Pcr) allows inference of both velocity and Q structure from amplitude- corrected ...
John G. Heacock, 1977
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The Formation and Evolution of Africa: A Synopsis of 3.8 Ga ...
Area Lobes Total Basal crust Core Upper crust Remarks thickness (m) (m) (m) (m ) Tizi el Hajaj a 30 — 20 10 Thick, extensive (exposed length >100 m) sheet lobe. Dense lava core with vesicles cylinders. Presence of several injections of ...
Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, 2011
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The Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle
K. R. Mehnert INVESTIGATIONS of the upper mantle are of considerable importance for the interpretation of most endogenetic processes of the upper crust. Therefore the intermediate zones between the mantle and the crust attain special ...
Pembroke J. Hart, 1971
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Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust: New Insights from Field ...
The fractionated liquid in the lens adds to the upper crust during diking events. Remaining fractionate cools to form a gabbro crystal mush, which is less dense than cumulate but more dense than melt. Subsequently, fresh primary melt again  ...
Yildirim Dilek, 2000
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Ophiolite Concept and the Evolution of Geological Thought
J.R. Cann* School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK ABSTRACT Current understanding of the processes that construct and modify the oceanic upper crust is the result of 40 years interplay between concepts derived ...
Yildirim Dilek, Sally Newcomb, 2003
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Revolution at the Table: The Transformation of the American Diet
... founding in 1832, Delmonico's restaurant in New York City functioned as a major beachhead of French food, stimulating an appreciation among the Northeastern elite. The rush of 10 The American Table in 1880: The Tastes of the Upper Crust.
Harvey A. Levenstein, 1988
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The Structure and Physical Properties of the Earth's Crust
The inhomogeneous distribution of induced currents in the upper crust results in numerous anomalies in geomagnetic variations for periods of up to several hours [Porath and Dziewonski, 1971a, 6]. In general, even if a conductivity structure is ...
John G. Heacock, 2013
10
High-strain Zones: Structure and Physical Properties
A new paradigm for orogeny involves the development of a topographic plateau and a thermally and rheologically layered crust, with a relatively thin, rigid lid of upper crust overlying a partially molten layer that makes up a significant fraction of ...
David F. Bruhn, Luigi Burlini, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPPER CRUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term upper crust is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boston 101: #101 • “Let Them Eat Rock” • The Upper Crust
I had read a piece about the Upper Crust in Guitar World magazine that compared them to AC/DC and, while I was very intrigued by their 19th century image and ... «Boston Herald, May 15»
2
Upper crust: Writer scoffs his way to a winner in search for Britain's …
But now the man who really did eat all the pies has written a book about it. And after scoffing hundreds in his bid to find Britain's perfect pastry Martin Tarbuck ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
3
The Upper Crust Pizza does it big and, oh, so very good
He owns The Upper Crust Pizza in Fox Chapel, which he opened in 2007 after learning the business while working at a friend's pizza shop. “We make our ... «Tribune-Review, Feb 15»
4
Inside filthy Upper Crust bakery full of rodent droppings, mould and …
Richard Broad, one of the directors of The Upper Crust bakery in Norwich, said standards began slipping after the business ran into money troubles when a ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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"An Alt-Weekly For the Upper Crust": Q/A with New York Observer's …
"If you're going to buy into the idea of capitalism, then you have to believe in growth," says Ken Kurson, editor in chief of the New York Observer, a weekly ... «Reason, Dec 14»
6
SSP float gives Kate Swann an upper crust pay packet
Upper Crust owner SSP rose on its London stock market debut yesterday, helping net chief executive Kate Swann a multi-million pound payday. The group saw ... «CITY A.M., Jul 14»
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SSP shares priced at lower end of range valuing firm at £1.6bn …
SSP Group, owner of station food staple Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza, ... which had been expected to value the company at up to £2billion at the upper end of ... «This is Money, Jul 14»
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Upper Crust food firm SSP to raise £500m on stock market
The firm, which owns almost 2,000 food kiosks in airports and train stations including Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza, is led by former WH Smith chief executive ... «BBC News, Jun 14»
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Upper Crust owner eyes empty Tube ticket offices
Kate Swann, chief executive of SSP, said that the company which owns Upper Crust and Caffè Ritazza has been in discussions with Tube bosses, who want to ... «Evening Standard, Jun 14»
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O2 Priority Moments offers lunch at Domino's, Upper Crust for £1
Lunches include a four-slice pizza with one topping at Domino's, a baguette, packet of crisps and a 500ml drink at Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza, and a ... «Digital Spy UK, May 14»

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