custard
UK /ˈkʌs.təd/ · US /ˈkʌs.tɚd/ noun, proper noun
Forms custards
- 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 (by extension) 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 A surname.
Etymology
Alteration of croustade.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “custard”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details