custard
Syllables: cus·tardUK/ˈkʌs.təd//ˈkʌs.tɚd/
custard noun: 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, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
Noun
custard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)
- 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, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
- A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.
Proper noun capitalized: Custard
Custard (plural Custards)
- A surname.
custard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
custard in Hindi
- कस्टर्ड, कस्टार्ड
custard in Tamil
- கஸ்டர்டு, கஸ்டார்ட்
custard in Marathi
- कस्टर्ड, कस्टार्ड
custard in Urdu
- کسٹارڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- custard in Bengali
- কাস্টার্ড, কস্টার্ড
- custard in Telugu
- కస్టర్డ్, కస్టార్డ్
- custard in Malayalam
- പാലും മുട്ടയും ചേർത്തുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന പലഹാരം
- custard in Kannada
- ಕಸ್ಟರ್ಡ್, ಕಸ್ಟಾರ್ಡ್
- custard in Gujarati
- કસ્ટર્ડ, કસ્ટાર્ડ
- custard in Odia
- କସ୍ଟାର୍ଡ, କଷ୍ଟାର୍ଡ, କସ୍ଟର୍ଡ
- custard in Assamese
- কাষ্টাৰ kastar
- custard in Nepali
- कस्टर्ड, कस्टार्ड
- custard in Arabic
- كَاسْتَرْد kāstard
- custard in Malay
- kastard
- custard in Indonesian
- kustar
- custard in Persian
- کاستارد kâstârd, شیرخاگین šir-xâgin
- custard in Vietnamese
- sữa trứng, kem sữa trứng, món sữa trứng
Examples of custard in a sentence
- Do you eat the skin on custard?
- Egg custard, Basque cheesecake, chocolate turrón and caramel flan are some of the options.
- And the Japanese version is made with red bean instead of chocolate or custard.
Forms of custard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | custards |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Custards |
Origin of custard
Alteration of croustade.
Words formed from custard
- African custard apple
- all over the place like a mad woman's custard
- birthing custard
- boiled custard
- confectioner's custard
- cowardy custard
- cup custard
- custard apple
- custard arm
- custard brains
- custard cannon
- custard Christian
- custard-chucker
- custard coffin
- custard cream
- custard cup
- custard-cups
- custard glass
- custard launcher
- custardlike
- custard peach
- custard-pie
- custard pie
- custard powder
- custard slice
- custard squash
- custard tart
- custard wind
- custardy
- egg custard
- egg custard tart
- frozen custard
- fruit custard
- love custard
- plums and custard
- turn to custard
Phrases with custard
Words that rhyme with custard
Questions about custard
- What does custard mean?
- Custard means 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, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
- What is custard in Hindi?
- Custard in Hindi is कस्टर्ड, कस्टार्ड. See Custard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is custard?
- Custard can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce custard?
- Custard is pronounced /ˈkʌs.təd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of custard?
- The plural of custard is custards.
Words near custard in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: custard (page history and authors); Custard (page history and authors); custard (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); custard (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); custard (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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