MEANING
A hardened near-surface layer formed when soil or weathered material becomes cemented by minerals.
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- iron duricrust
- siliceous duricrust
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An iron duricrust capped the eroded ground.
The duricrust broke into plates under the tracks.
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- duricrust
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular duricrust; plural duricrusts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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