Home › Words › I › incrustantincrustantincrustant means tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or other container when the containing water evaporates.EtymologyFrom incrust + -ant.adjTending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or other container when the containing water evaporates.e.g.“It is the practice at the Columbus plant to leave between 25 and 40 parts per million incrustant hardness in the water.” — 1915, Ohio's Health - Volume 5, page 721:nounAny substance that is dissolved in water which forms an incrustation when the water evaporates.e.g.“The total incrustants in the water, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate, are clearly the sum of their component bases, calcium and magnesium, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate.” — 1905, The Journal of Infectious Diseases:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.encrustive 75% match — Relating to encrustment. vs incrustant →encrusted 72% match — Having an incrustation. vs incrustant →encrustment 71% match — encrustation (something forming a crust). vs incrustant →incrustment 70% match — Synonym of incrustation. vs incrustant →encrust 67% match — To cover with a hard crust. vs incrustant →crusting 67% match — Encrusted material. vs incrustant →crustation 64% match — An adherent crust; an incrustation vs incrustant →encruster 62% match — Any organism that encrusts part of its environment. vs incrustant →