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Meaning of encrustation

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

encrustation

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

  2. 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.

  3. A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

  4. Anything inlaid or embedded.