custard

noun

cus·​tard ˈkə-stərd 

plural custards

: a cooked mixture made of eggs and milk or cream and usually having a thick, creamy consistency

By the eighteenth century it had become the dessert we know today: a layered treat of sponge cake, custard, fruit, jam, whipped cream and spirits.

—Bon Appétit

We toss a laurel wreath to the chefs for their … pastitsio and moussaka, both of which sported a savory custard topping.

—Greg Morago et al.

Smooth and creamy, custard lends itself to a range of both sweet and savory dishes.

—Gabrielle Shaughness

custardy

ˈkə-stər-dē 

adjective

Examples of custard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cream or custard fillings can separate, and become watery or lumpy.4 Cream will not whip after being frozen. —Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024

Voluptuous uni twirling its way out of a seaweed wrapper, the sweet oceanic luxury the texture of custard. —Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024

Pumpkin Toffee Crunch Concrete combines vanilla frozen custard blended with pumpkin crème and topped with Almond Toffee Crunch. —Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024

Babcock Dairy orange custard chocolate chip ice cream: Potential or undeclared allergen – egg Wegmans Food Markets Asian sesame salad with chicken & Asian dressing: Potential or undeclared allergen – egg. —Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, a kind of pie, alteration of crustarde, crustade, probably from Anglo-French *crustade, from cruste crust, from Latin crusta — more at crust

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing custard

• custard apple

Kids Definition

custard

noun

cus·​tard ˈkəs-tərd 

: a sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked, boiled, or frozen