caked

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One close to the seafront, where the near-200-year-old golf club gives way to a spectacular view across the Firth of Forth to the Bass Rock, has its keypad caked in a sticky black ooze.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

A frame outside the auditorium door displays five photos of the Mayer’s dilapidated conditions in the ’90s, with the theater caked in rust and mold, a shell of the version I’m standing in now.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

When discovered by a police officer with a metal detector on a cold November morning last year, the iPad was found caked in mud having been underwater for more than five years.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

Some of them are barefoot, caked in dirt, barely able to stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024

His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien