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Spell Bee Word: crust


Basic Details

Word: Crust

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The hard outer layer of bread, a pie or a pizza; also the rocky outer layer of the Earth.

Synonyms: shell, outer layer, coating

How to Spell Crust

Syllables: crust

Tricky part: It starts with c, not k, and has only one s before the t.

Watch out for: krust, crusst, crustt

Memory tip: Crust sits with dust, must and trust: change the first letters to cr and the ust stays the same.

Usage Examples

Example 1: I like the crispy crust of a freshly baked pizza.

Example 2: A thin crust of ice formed on the puddle overnight.

Example 3: We live on the Earth's crust.

Fun Fact

The Earth's crust is roughly 5 to 10 km thick under the oceans but around 30 to 50 km thick under most continents.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that makes an adjective from the word: crust

crust____

a) ee
b) y
c) ie
d) ey

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b) y. Crust + y gives crusty, meaning having a hard crust.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sturc

a) cruet
b) trust
c) crush
d) crust

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d) crust. Crush has an h and trust has two t's; c, r, u, s, t make crust.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandma cut the krust off my sandwich because I never eat the hard edges.

a) Grandma
b) sandwich
c) krust
d) edges

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c) krust. Crust begins with a c, like crumb and crisp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of a loaf is the crust?

a) the soft middle
b) the plastic bag
c) the crumbs on the plate
d) the hard outside

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d) the hard outside

2. The Earth's crust is its ____.

a) air around it
b) deepest ocean
c) hot centre
d) outermost rocky layer

Show answer

d) outermost rocky layer

Associated Words

besiegeimpatientshrewdparadiseterribly
scenerymagmaadvertisementinfertileporridge

Next steps

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