Home › Words › C › crustquakecrustquakecrustquake means A starquake in the crust of a neutron star.EtymologyFrom crust + quake.nounA starquake in the crust of a neutron starDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.starquake 71% match — A violent tremor or quake that occurs on or near the surface of a star, especially a collapsed star. vs crustquake →spacequake 66% match — A tremor in space or spacetime. vs crustquake →sunquake 63% match — A quake or disturbance occurring on the Sun. vs crustquake →planetquake 59% match — A seismic event occurring on a planet (especially one other than Earth). vs crustquake →magnetar 56% match — A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts. vs crustquake →crusta 55% match — A crust or shell. vs crustquake →aquake 55% match — quaking vs crustquake →intracrustal 54% match — inside or within crusts vs crustquake →