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Custard

Custard Meaning & Definition
Custard Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Custard?

[n] sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen

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See Also | Bavarian cream | creme anglais | creme brulee | creme caramel | dish | fruit custard

Custard In Webster's Dictionary

\Cus"tard\ (k?s"t?rd), n. [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 ({A. squamosa}, {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.

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