custard

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A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches
Any particular variety of custard
{n} a sort of sweet food of eggs, milk
A liquid that is thickened or set firm by the coagulation of egg protein Top
sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen
A cooked mixture of eggs and milk with sugar and flavoring sometimes added There are two basic kinds of custard-stirred and baked
A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled
Custard is a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs or from milk and a powder. It is eaten with fruit and puddings. bananas and custard
{i} sweet dish made of eggs and milk
custard apple
The fruit of this tree
custard apple
A tree native to the tropical New World. Scientific name: Annona reticulata
custard apples
plural form of custard apple
custard cream
a biscuit consisting of a soft layer sandwiched between two crisp biscuits
custard pie
A prop used in slapstick consisting of an open pie filled with custard or cream (or, more often nowadays, simply a paper plate covered with shaving foam or a similar substance) that is pushed into another person's face
custard apple
the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
custard apple
Any of various Annona species of shrubs or small trees of the family Annonaceae, native to the New World tropics and Florida. The family is the largest in the magnolia order and contains approximately 1,100 species of plants in 122 genera. Many species in the family are valuable for their large, pulpy fruits. Others are valued for their timber, and still others as ornamentals. Leaves and wood are often fragrant. The fruit is a berry. The small, tropical American custard apple (Annona reticulata) bears fruits with reddish-yellow, sweetish, custardlike flesh. Other species include the sweetsop (A. squamosa) and the soursop (A. muricata). Bark, leaves, and roots of many species are important in folk medicine
custard pie
a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificail custard; thrown in slapstick comedies
custard pie
Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke. a custard pie fight. a pie filled with a substance that looks like custard, which people throw at each other as a joke in films, on television etc
turn to custard
To go badly awry
A custard
dowset
A custard
doucet
custards
plural of custard
egg custard
{i} sweet dish made of eggs and milk
frozen custard
dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base
fruit custard
a custard containing fruit
custard

    Hyphenation

    cus·tard

    Turkish pronunciation

    kʌstırd

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkəstərd/ /ˈkʌstɜrd/

    Etymology

    [ 'k&s-t&rd ] (noun.) circa 1706. Alteration of crustade.

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