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Webster 1913 Edition


Custard

Cus′tard

(kŭs′tẽrd)
,
Noun.
[Prob. the same word as OE.
crustade
,
crustate
, a pie made with a crust, fr. L.
crustatus
covered with a crust, p. p. of
crustare
, fr.
crusta
crust; cf. OF.
croustade
pasty, It.
crostata
, or F.
coutarde
. See
Crust
, and cf.
Crustated
.]
A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Custard apple
(Bot.)
,
a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of
Anona
(
Anona squamosa
,
Anona reticulata
, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp.
Custard coffin
,
pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Custard

CUSTARD

,
Noun.
A composition of milk and eggs, sweetened and baked or boiled, forming an agreeable kind of food.

Definition 2024


custard

custard

English

Noun

custard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable) Any particular variety of custard.

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