n.1 a dish made with milk and eggs, usu. sweetened.
2 a sweet sauce made with milk and flavoured cornflour.
Phrases and idioms:
custard-apple a W. Indian fruit, Annona reticulata, with a custard-like pulp. custard-pie
1. a pie containing custard, commonly thrown in slapstick comedy.
2 (attrib.) denoting slapstick comedy. custard powder a preparation of cornflour etc. for making custard.
Etymology: ME, earlier crusta(r)de f. AF f. OF crouste CRUST