frozen crust

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• crust´like´ — crust «kruhst», noun, verb. –n. 1. the hard, outside part of bread: »Baking makes the crust hard and dry to protect the crumb inside. 2. a) a piece of this: »The boy was told to eat the crusts of his sandwich. b) any hard, dry piece of bread. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

• crust´less — crust «kruhst», noun, verb. –n. 1. the hard, outside part of bread: »Baking makes the crust hard and dry to protect the crumb inside. 2. a) a piece of this: »The boy was told to eat the crusts of his sandwich. b) any hard, dry piece of bread. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

• crust — early 14c., hard outer part of bread, from O.Fr. crouste (13c., Mod.Fr. croûte) and directly from L. crusta rind, crust, shell, bark, from PIE *krus to that which has been hardened, from root *kreus to begin to freeze, form a crust (Cf. Skt. krud …   Etymology dictionary

• Oceanic crust — Age of oceanic crust. The red is most recent, and blue is the oldest. Oceanic crust is the part of Earth s lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins. Oceanic crust is primarily composed of mafic rocks, or sima, which is rich in iron and… …   Wikipedia

• Melt-Freeze Crust — A Melt Freeze Crust is a potential layer of weakness between snow layers which can be the cause of slab avalanches. The layer can be created in two instances: When the temperature is high enough allowing snow to melt thus creating melt water… …   Wikipedia

• extraterrestrial life — Introduction   life that may exist or may have existed in the universe outside of Earth. The search for extraterrestrial life encompasses many fundamental scientific questions. What are the basic requirements for life? Could life have arisen… …   Universalium

• freezing process — noun Etymology: freezing from gerund of freeze (I) 1. : a process of excavating shafts or tunnels in unstable material (as quicksand) by freezing an area larger than the intended work and excavating in the frozen earth 2. : a method of sinking a… …   Useful english dictionary

• lava cave — ▪ geology       cave or cavity formed as a result of surface solidification of a lava flow during the last stages of its activity. A frozen crust may form over still mobile and actively flowing liquid rock as a result of surface cooling. A… …   Universalium

• Ice swimming — is swimming in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice, which requires cutting a hole in the ice. This may also be simulated by a pool of water at 0 °C, the temperature at which water freezes. Ice swimming is possible because the freezing of… …   Wikipedia

• Culture of Finland — The culture of Finland combines indigenous heritage, as represented for example by the country s Uralic national language Finnish, and the sauna, with common Nordic and European culture. Because of its history and geographic location Finland has… …   Wikipedia

• The Killing Star — infobox Book | name = The Killing Star title orig = translator = image caption = author = Charles R. Pellegrino and George Zebrowski cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Techno Thriller publisher = William… …   Wikipedia