incrustation

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Anything inlaid or embedded.
  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.

Concepts

Traductions

Inkrustation

Inkrustierung

incrustació

περισκλήρυνση

ενθετική διακόσμηση

incrostatura

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɪnkɹʌsˈteɪʃən/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin incrustātiō.

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