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My weekends are spent hidden in the woods, and then I have to come back and pretend to be this very upper-crust insurance investigator. But, I mean, duality's nice. You never get bored. You can't say the grass is always greener if you're in both backyards.
Hilarie Burton

Meaning of "upper-crust" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UPPER-CRUST

upper-crust  [ˈʌpəˌkrʌst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPPER-CRUST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Upper-Crust is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UPPER-CRUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of upper-crust in the English dictionary

The definition of upper-crust in the dictionary is relating to the upper class.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UPPER-CRUST


antirust
ˌæntɪˈrʌst
antitrust
ˌæntɪˈtrʌst
becrust
bɪˈkrʌst
crust
krʌst
distrust
dɪsˈtrʌst
duricrust
ˈdjʊərɪˌkrʌst
encrust
ɪnˈkrʌst
entrust
ɪnˈtrʌst
frust
frʌst
incrust
ɪnˈkrʌst
intrust
ɪnˈtrʌst
mistrust
ˌmɪsˈtrʌst
overthrust
ˈəʊvəˌθrʌst
piecrust
ˈpaɪkrʌst
rust
rʌst
subcrust
ˈsʌbˌkrʌst
thrust
θrʌst
trust
trʌst
unitrust
ˈjuːnɪˌtrʌst
untrust
ʌnˈtrʌst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UPPER-CRUST

upper ranks
upper regions
Upper Rhine
upper school
upper sideband
Upper Silesia
upper sixth
Upper Tunguska
Upper Volta
upper works
Upper Yosemite Falls
upper-case
upper-class
upperclassman
upperclassmen
uppercut
uppercutting
uppermost
upperpart

WORDS THAT END LIKE UPPER-CRUST

abdominal thrust
black rust
blind trust
blister rust
brain trust
brains trust
breach of trust
charitable trust
Civic Trust
closed-end trust
continental crust
cut and thrust
discretionary trust
Historic Places Trust
investment trust
National Trust
squat thrust
unit trust
upper crust
wheat rust

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

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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

上流
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de clase alta
570 millions of speakers

English

upper-crust
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपरी परत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشريحة العليا من القشرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

верхнекорового
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

upper- crust
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

oberen Kruste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上位地殻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상단 지각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndhuwur-kerak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trên lớp vỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல்-மேற்பகுதியுடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च-कवच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üst kabuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

superiore - crosta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

górnej skorupy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

верхнекорового
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sus - crustă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επάνω κρούστα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boonste kors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

övre crust
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øvre skorpe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of upper-crust

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UPPER-CRUST»

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

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QUOTES WITH «UPPER-CRUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word upper-crust.
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Hilarie Burton
My weekends are spent hidden in the woods, and then I have to come back and pretend to be this very upper-crust insurance investigator. But, I mean, duality's nice. You never get bored. You can't say the grass is always greener if you're in both backyards.

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
2
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
3
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
9
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

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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Upper-Crust Moms
Readers react to the depiction of the lives of wealthy stay-at-home mothers in Manhattan. To the Editor: Re “Poor Little Rich Women” (Sunday Review, May 17): ... «New York Times, May 15»

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