custard — /kus teuhrd/, n. a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen. [1400 50; late ME, metathetic var. of earlier crustade kind of pie. See CRUST, ADE1; cf. Pr croustado] * * * ▪ food mixture of eggs, milk, sugar, and … Universalium
Custard — Cus tard (k[u^]s t[ e]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} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Custard apple — Custard Cus tard (k[u^]s t[ e]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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Custard coffin — Custard Cus tard (k[u^]s t[ e]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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
custard — [kus′tərd] n. [ME, altered < crustade, any dish baked in a crust, ult. (? via Prov crostado) < L crusta, CRUST] 1. a mixture of eggs, milk, flavoring, and, often, sugar, either boiled or baked 2. short for FROZEN CUSTARD … English World dictionary
Custard — This article focuses on egg thickened custards. For versions based on custard powder and their derivatives, see Bird s Custard. egg custard redirects here. For the egg custard tart, see egg custard tart. For other uses, see Custard… … Wikipedia
custard — cus•tard [[t]ˈkʌs tərd[/t]] n. coo a preparation, esp. a dessert, made with eggs, milk, and usu. sugar, baked or boiled until thickened • Etymology: 1400–50; metathetic var. of crustade kind of pie; cf. Oc croustado croustade … From formal English to slang
frozen custard — noun dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base • Syn: ↑soft ice cream • Hypernyms: ↑frozen dessert * * * a smooth textured, soft, frozen food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously… … Useful english dictionary
List of Christmas dishes — An oven roasted brine soaked turkey. This page is a list of Christmas dishes as eaten around the world. These food items are traditionally eaten at or associated with the Christmas season. Contents … Wikipedia
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