custard

Speech parts

1. custard - Noun

2. Custard - Proper noun

Meaning

A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cress basin bowl englishwoman mayo pud best sweet cream butter dessert pie whip jelly pudding
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Hypernyms

dish

Hyponyms

Bavarian cream creme brulee creme caramel creme anglais fruit custard

Phrases with the word

all over the place like a mad woman's custard custard squash custard cake custard dessert lemon custard pie custard peach

Examples

If I really believed in Friedman's economic theory, then I'd be quite satisfied to spend the rest of my life with a garden hose shoved down my throat, being filled with custard by representatives of the people of China. Nigel Lawson

Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies; you can't nail them to a wall. Frank Lloyd Wright

Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion. George Orwell

Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink, And the little gray mouse, she called him Blink, And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard, But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard. Ogden Nash

Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears, And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs, Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage, But Custard cried for a nice safe cage. Ogden Nash

God always has another custard pie up his sleeve. Lynn Redgrave

Close letter words and terms

cussword cussy cust custard and jelly custard apple custard apple tree