incrustation

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnkɹʌsˈteɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

incrustation (countable and uncountable, plural incrustations)

  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.

Translations

French

Noun

incrustation f (plural incrustations)

  1. incrustation
  2. chromakey
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