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In the past few years, we've been doing amazing stuff with desserts. Pastry chefs have been using herbs and spices in their desserts. So vanilla cake doesn't have to be just vanilla, it can have a little thyme. Or you could have a custard with a little lavender in it, which is just amazing.
Ron Ben-Israel

Meaning of "custard" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CUSTARD

Alteration of Middle English crustade kind of pie, probably from Old Provençal croustado, from crostacrust.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CUSTARD

custard  [ˈkʌstəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUSTARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Custard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUSTARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

custard

Custard

Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on a cooked mixture of milk or cream and egg yolk. Depending on how much egg or thickener is used, custard may vary in consistency from a thin pouring sauce to a thick pastry cream used to fill éclairs. Most common custards are used as desserts or dessert sauces and typically include sugar and vanilla. Custard bases may also be used for quiches and other savory foods. Sometimes flour, corn starch, or gelatin is added as in pastry cream or crème pâtissière. Custard is usually cooked in a double boiler, or heated very gently in a saucepan on a stove, though custard can also be steamed, baked in the oven with or without a water bath, or even cooked in a pressure cooker. Custard preparation is a delicate operation, because a temperature increase of 3-6 °C leads to overcooking and curdling. Generally, a fully cooked custard should not exceed 80 °C; it begins setting at 70 °C. A water bath slows heat transfer and makes it easier to remove the custard from the oven before it curdles.

Definition of custard in the English dictionary

The definition of custard in the dictionary is a baked sweetened mixture of eggs and milk. Other definition of custard is a sauce made of milk and sugar and thickened with cornflour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUSTARD


bastard
ˈbɑːstəd
blistered
ˈblɪstəd
bustard
ˈbʌstəd
busted
ˈbʌstəd
cloistered
ˈklɔɪstəd
clustered
ˈklʌstəd
costard
ˈkʌstəd
dastard
ˈdæstəd
flustered
ˈflʌstəd
holstered
ˈhəʊlstəd
mustard
ˈmʌstəd
pilastered
pɪˈlæstəd
plastered
ˈplɑːstəd
registered
ˈrɛdʒɪstəd
sequestered
sɪˈkwestəd
unflustered
ʌnˈflʌstəd
unmastered
ʌnˈmɑːstəd
unregistered
ʌnˈrɛdʒɪstəd
upholstered
ʌpˈhəʊlstəd
VAT-registered
ˌviːeɪˈtiːˈrɛdʒɪstəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUSTARD

cussword
custard apple
custard cream
custard pie
custard powder
custard tart
custardy
Custer
custode
custodes
custodial
custodial sentence
custodian
custodianship
custodier
custodies
custody
custody suite
custom
custom car

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUSTARD

American mustard
black mustard
cut the mustard
dotard
egg custard
French mustard
garlic mustard
great bustard
leotard
nitrogen mustard
pastry custard
petard
quinacrine mustard
retard
sad bastard
treacle mustard
unitard
wall mustard
white mustard
wild mustard

Synonyms and antonyms of custard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «custard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUSTARD

Find out the translation of custard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of custard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «custard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蛋奶糕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

natillas
570 millions of speakers

English

custard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कस्टर्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كَسْتَرْد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заварной крем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

creme de leite e ovos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাস্টার্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crème anglaise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kustard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vanillesoße
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カスタード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

커스터드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Custard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kem sữa trứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூழ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कस्टर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muhallebi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crema pasticcera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

budyń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заварний крем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cremă de ouă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρέμα κάσταρντ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vla
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vaniljsås
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eggekrem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of custard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUSTARD»

The term «custard» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUSTARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about custard

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4 QUOTES WITH «CUSTARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word custard.
1
Ron Ben-Israel
In the past few years, we've been doing amazing stuff with desserts. Pastry chefs have been using herbs and spices in their desserts. So vanilla cake doesn't have to be just vanilla, it can have a little thyme. Or you could have a custard with a little lavender in it, which is just amazing.
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Margaret Forster
God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.
3
Lynn Redgrave
God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.
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Irma S. Rombauer
Custard puddings, sauces and fillings accompany the seven ages of man in sickness and in health.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUSTARD»

Discover the use of custard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to custard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Just Custard
A new series of short fiction for newly independent readers. Each story is between 300 and 500 words long, and together the books offer a range of genres, from humor to adventure, and from mystery to fantasy.
Joe Hackett, 2009
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Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
Our lovestruck hero is about to discover that custard is definitely in the eye of the beholder. And that it really stings. Tom Holt's exceedingly comic fantasies are populated with evil goblins, annoying sprites and people like us.
Tom Holt, 2009
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Custard Surprise
Two chickens, Dinah and Rufus, find that running a diner is harder than they expected when every customer wants something that is not on the menu, until finally someone comes in for whom the Custard Surprise is just right.
Bernard Lodge, 2008
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The Tale of Custard the Dragon
In this humorous poem, Custard the cowardly dragon saves the day when a pirate threatens Belinda and her pet animals.
Ogden Nash, 1998
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Ginny and Custard
Ginny adjusts to her family's having come to live in California for a year as part of her father's job to work on a special report. Soon she meets a friendly cat she names Custard.
Frances Clarke Sayers, 1951
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BIRD'S CUSTARD ISLAND: A Culinary Memoir
The great art criticRoger Fry called EnglandBird's Custard Island, with notsoveiled snobbery at the culinary habits of the unaesthetic classes. The yellow custard powder, one of the New Age's first fast foods, bolstered the troops in both world ...
Joe Boden, 2007
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Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book
The custard marrow is a charming vegetable to look at. The taste is pleasant, too, though not up to the appearance. The skin has a matt cream or crocus- yellow or green or striped colour, with the green stalk popping out of the top as if it were a ...
Jane Grigson, 2007
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Custard apples: cultivation and crop protection
Revised and expanded edition of a book first published in 1988 under the title TGrowing Custard Apples'.
Garth Michael Sanewski, Queensland. Dept. of Primary Industries, 1991
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Apple Pie: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for ...
Here apples are baked in a crust and surrounded with a lovely rose water custard . There are a couple of ways to make an apple custard pie, though this is the most reliable in my opinion. In this version, the custard is poured over the apples, ...
Ken Haedrich, 2011
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Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy
Collects humorous poems on topics including school, family life, and growing up.
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUSTARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term custard is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tom Cenci shares his recipe for the perfect Portuguese custard tart
A couple of months back I came into work and our head pastry chef Silvia (from Portugal) had made a fresh batch of Nata (Portuguese custard ... «Metro, Jul 15»
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Rita's Water Ice stops serving custard due to egg shortage from bird flu
Ah, the Rita's Water Ice gelati. A beautiful layering of Italian ice and creamy frozen custard. This signature treat will no longer have one of its key ... «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»
3
Ted Drewes custard machine arrives at Lambert
LOUIS -- Now even people who only stop in St. Louis for a layover will be able to experience the iconic Ted Drewes frozen custard. «KSDK, Jul 15»
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Business briefing: Ted Drewes frozen custard now sold at Lambert …
Ted Drewes frozen custard is available throughout Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Three vending machines dispensing 8-ounce cups ... «Belleville News-Democrat, Jul 15»
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Mango Custard
Mango Custard Ingredients Custard powder - 2 tbsp Milk - 1 cup Sugar - 3 tsp Juice of 1/2 lemon Vanilla Essence - 1/4 tsp For Mango pulp Mango - 1 Sugar - 3 ... «Newstrack India, Jul 15»
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No more lumps: how the Brits have gone crazy for custard once more
An amber-hued disc of just-set wobbliness, housed in the thinnest, crispest pastry, baked daringly dark. A vamped-up custard tart which proved ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Egg shortage causes Rita's to sell soft-serve ice cream
Eggs are the difference between custard and soft-serve ice cream. Due to a nationwide egg shortage, Rita's Italian Ice will sell soft-serve ice ... «Standard Speaker, Jul 15»
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Short take: In warplanes as with frozen custard, buy local
As we have noted before, Oct. 28, 2001, was one of the darker days in St. Louis' economic history. That day the Pentagon chose Lockheed ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
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Soursop or prickly custard apple – an adjunct to chemotherapy from …
Soursops or prickly custard apple have dark green skin, are pear-shaped and have a white juicy flesh with tangy flavour. Also called Graviola at ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Snacks'NAt: Jerry's Custard, Lower Burrell
Now in its 14th season at the location, Jerry's Custard serves a loyal congregation seeking heavenly sweets. Hands-on owner Tammy Connolly ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»

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