On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Custard. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as dish and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Custard meaning
- 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.
- A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.
Synonyms of Custard
Using Custard
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.
- Useful related words include: dish.
- In the example corpus, custard often appears in combinations such as: custard and, the custard, frozen custard.
Context around Custard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Custard
- In this selection, "custard" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vanilla, chocolate, greatest, loving, pumpkin and pies stand out and add context to how "custard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a creamy custard and a dozen custard apples for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "custard" sits close to words such as abolishing, acidity and akbar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with custard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Butter twelve 3/4-cup ramekins or custard cups. (9 words)
With the hat and bells and flying custard -pumpkin custard - pies. (11 words)
Victorian Baby Jaycee finished second with West Australian Custard Monelli third. (11 words)
But when it comes to crowning the biggest fans of custard, the North of England reigns supreme, with Yorkshire and the Humber (54 per cent), the North East (52 per cent) and the North West (50 per cent) revealed as the greatest custard-loving regions. (45 words)
Milligan asked the BBC canteen ladies to make some custard; they thought he must have some stomach trouble so lovingly made him a fresh custard – which he accepted with thanks and immediately poured into his sock, much to their horror. (40 words)
My grandmother, who I called Didu, would take on the task of peeling and deseeding a dozen custard apples for the family, coaxing out the hard black seeds from each fleshy white globule with her fingers. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chocolate custard with chocolate glaze, vanilla custard with chocolate glaze, organic raspberry with vanilla glaze, lemon with lemon glaze, whipped vanilla creme with chocolate glaze, sugar-free vanilla custard with chocolate glaze.
But when it comes to crowning the biggest fans of custard, the North of England reigns supreme, with Yorkshire and the Humber (54 per cent), the North East (52 per cent) and the North West (50 per cent) revealed as the greatest custard-loving regions.
With the hat and bells and flying custard -pumpkin custard - pies.
Milligan asked the BBC canteen ladies to make some custard; they thought he must have some stomach trouble so lovingly made him a fresh custard – which he accepted with thanks and immediately poured into his sock, much to their horror.
Across The Irish Sea- a traditional Irish apple cake with layers of chilled English custard and organic Bramley apple compote, from the orchards of Armagh, Northern Ireland.
A mixed pack of four will set you back £5.50, which will include the ale the two companies previously launched together - the Aunt Bessie's Northern Monk Jam Roly Poly and Custard Pale Ale.
At her commercial kitchen, LeCount has a steam kettle to gently cook the custard base.
But I was all in with “Teensy…” who wrote: “Nana puddin’ (extra points for correct spellings) should include homemade custard…layered between banana slices and wafers and…baked with meringue on top.
Butter twelve 3/4-cup ramekins or custard cups.
Cosy and comforting with a hint of warming cinnamon, the traditional pudding can be enjoyed with ice cream, custard or pouring cream.
It is very important that the spinach is dry, otherwise the moisture will stop the tart’s custard filling from setting.
It was a beautiful blend of stewed apples topped with fresh berries, a light crumble and a generous serving of vanilla custard.
I was always chasing the little mushroom-looking pastry tarts, the pastry stalk was standing in some sort of custard which you swished around and ate.
My grandmother, who I called Didu, would take on the task of peeling and deseeding a dozen custard apples for the family, coaxing out the hard black seeds from each fleshy white globule with her fingers.
The autumn desert is made of tasty apples, topped of with a crunchy crumble and usually paired with a creamy custard.
The Bailys flavour was easily detectable in the lush, thick custard, but not so much to overpower the dish.
The most popular dessert is the galaktoboureko, a creamy baked custard pastry.
The resulting whisky has some floral and grassy notes on the nose, that tastes of apple and orange on the palate, with a vanilla custard creaminess and some baking spice.
There will also be a modern-day frozen custard shop where visitors can learn about the Wisconsin’s dairy industry.
Victorian Baby Jaycee finished second with West Australian Custard Monelli third.
Common combinations with custard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- custard and 15×
- the custard 13×
- frozen custard 13×
- and custard 11×
- with custard 8×
- of custard 7×
- vanilla custard 6×
- custard in 6×
- custard with 5×
- custard is 5×