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Alteration of croustade.

custard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)

  1. A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
  2. (by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.

sauce

Borrowed from English.

custard m (genitive singular custaird, nominative plural custaird)

  1. custard
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
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