Crust and Layer

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Crust

Crust noun - The outer layer of the Earth.

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Layer is a synonym for crust in covering topic. In some cases you can use "Layer" instead a noun "Crust", when it comes to topics like substance, coating.

Nearby Words: crusty, crusted, crustiness, crustily, crusting

Layer

Layer noun - Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.

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Crust is a synonym for layer in substance topic. You can use "Crust" instead a noun "Layer", if it concerns topics such as covering.

Nearby Words: layered, layering

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thick	thick crust	thick layer
uniform	uniform crust	uniform layer
solid	solid crust	solid layer
outer	outer crust	outer layer
Other adjectives: upper, deep, entire, hard, black, lower, bottom, thin, last.

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For those wondering, he got the gold by using his laser-like Death Ray to drill deep beneath the Earth's crust, where there is apparently an entire geological layer composed of gold mixed with mercury.

Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks
The shattered fragments of the moon rain down on the surface of the earth, melting the top few miles of crust into a continuous layer of molten lava, boiling off the oceans, and blasting the atmosphere away.

Source: Earth-Shattering Kaboom

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