custard

[ kuhs-terd ]
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noun
  1. a dessert made of eggs, sugar, and milk, either baked, boiled, or frozen.

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Origin of custard

1
1400–50; late Middle English, metathetic variant of earlier crustade kind of pie. See crust, -ade1; compare Provençal croustado

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custard

/ (ˈkʌstəd) /


noun
  1. a baked sweetened mixture of eggs and milk

  2. a sauce made of milk and sugar and thickened with cornflour

Origin of custard

1
C15: alteration of Middle English crustade kind of pie, probably from Old Provençal croustado, from crosta crust

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