Crust and Shell

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Crust noun - Shameless boldness.

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

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

Shell noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

Usage example: eating oysters straight out of their shells

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Crust is a synonym for shell in structure topic. You can use "Crust" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

thick	thick crust	thick shell
solid	solid crust	solid shell
outer	outer crust	outer shell
entire	entire crust	entire shell
Other adjectives: hard, thin, last.

Needless to say, humanity reveals that millennia of internal warfare have grown a very hard shell beneath the soft crust; it promptly mobilizes and curb-stomps the Xendar back to their homeworld.

Source: Good Is Not Soft

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