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custardlike

custardlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a custard.

Adjective

custardlike (comparative more custardlike, superlative most custardlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a custard.
    • You and your guests will get past the slight appearance problem when you taste the warm finished cake: the brown crust is like the ideal macaroon, and the center has the gooey, custardlike texture of a proper pecan pie.2009 September 13, Amanda Hesser, “Huguenot Torte, 1965”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022

Forms of custardlike

comparativemore custardlike
superlativemost custardlike

Origin of custardlike

From custard + -like.

Questions about custardlike

What does custardlike mean?
Custardlike means resembling or characteristic of a custard.
What part of speech is custardlike?
Custardlike is an adjective.

Words near custardlike in the dictionary

  1. custard-pieing
  2. custard-pies
  3. custardier
  4. custardiest
  5. custardiness
  6. custardlike
  7. custards
  8. custardy
  9. Custenau
  10. Custer
  11. Custer County

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