custard

2 definitions found

custard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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, and cf. Crustated.]
     A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical
        America, including several species of Anona (Anona  squamosa
        , Anona reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or
        ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft,
        yellowish, edible pulp.
  
     Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a
        custard [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

custard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  custard
      n 1: sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or
           frozen