crust
Example Sentences
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Far underneath the surface of the earth, rock tore away from rock as a giant slab of the earth’s crust wrested free from its trap.
From Literature
Rare earths -- 17 metals difficult to extract from the Earth's crust -- are used in everything from electric vehicles to hard drives, wind turbines and missiles.
From Barron's
Restaurant chains are pumping the nutrient into everything from pizza crust to coffee, while stepping up marketing of the new offerings to users of weight-loss drugs and fitness buffs.
The crust is moist and chewy at the same time, and the cheese falls off in long, stringy pieces.
From Literature
They focused on crustal delamination, a process in which sections of Earth's crust become compressed, chemically altered, and dense enough to detach and sink into the mantle below.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
