how to pronounce crust

/ˈkɹʌst/

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crust is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of crust in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… deep down under a crust of ice or …”

meanings of crust

noun:

An outer layer composed of pastry.
Ellipsis of crust punk (a subgenre of punk music).
The bread-like base of a pizza.
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
Nerve, gall.
The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
A living.

verb:

To cover with a crust.
To form a crust.

crust frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word crust occurs in english on average 17.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics crust can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that crust can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;