custard
/ˈkʌstəd/noun
उच्चारण कस्टड
कस्टर्ड
Basic word
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a sweet yellow sauce made from milk, sugar, eggs or custard powder, eaten hot or cold; a baked dish of eggs and milk
कस्टर्ड
- fruit custard
- We had hot apple pie and custard for dessert.
- Mix the custard powder with cold milk first.
+ 1 more example
- She poured custard over the sliced bananas.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
custard (uncountable)
Custard is uncountable, so use a measure like a bowl of, a spoonful of or some custard.
'Custard' uncountable है, इसलिए a bowl of, a spoonful of या some जैसे शब्द लगाएँ।
- She poured custard over the fruit.
- There is some custard left in the fridge.
custard + noun
Custard comes before a noun to name the dish: custard tart, custard apple, custard powder.
Custard व्यंजन का नाम बताने के लिए noun से पहले आता है: custard tart, custard apple, custard powder।
- Custard powder is mixed with milk and sugar.
- The custard apple is called sitaphal in Hindi.
custard apple (a fruit)
A custard apple is a green fruit with sweet white pulp, popular in India; it is not a custard made from apples.
Custard apple हरे रंग का फल है जिसमें मीठा सफ़ेद गूदा होता है और यह भारत में लोकप्रिय है; यह सेब से बना custard नहीं है।
- Custard apples are sold in the winter markets.
custard with / over / on
Custard is served with or over fruit, cake and puddings.
Custard फल, केक और पुडिंग के साथ या उनके ऊपर परोसा जाता है।
- Fruit custard is a favourite dessert at weddings.
custard vs pudding vs kheer
Custard is a milk-and-egg or milk-and-powder sauce, pudding is the firmer dessert, and kheer is the Indian rice dessert.
Custard दूध-अंडे या दूध-पाउडर की चटनी जैसी मलाई है, pudding ठोस मिठाई है, और kheer भारतीय चावल की मिठाई है।
- Kheer is made of rice, but custard is made of milk and powder.
+Collocations 5
adjective + custard
hotcoldthickcreamyvanilla
- Cold vanilla custard with mixed fruit is a simple dessert.
verb + custard
makepourstirsetcook
- Stir the custard constantly so that it does not form lumps.
custard + noun
tartpowderpiecreamapple
- She bought a tin of custard powder from the store.
dish with custard
fruit custardbaked custardegg custardcaramel custard
- Caramel custard is served on the wedding menu.
custard + dessert pair
custard and jellycustard and fruitcustard and cakecustard and biscuits
- Jelly and custard is a favourite at children's parties.
“More examples 6
- My mother makes custard with milk, sugar and custard powder.
मेरी माँ दूध, चीनी और custard powder से custard बनाती हैं।
- The children asked for fruit custard after dinner.
बच्चों ने रात के खाने के बाद फ्रूट custard माँगा।
- He found the custard too thin and added more powder.
उसे custard बहुत पतला लगा और उसने और पाउडर डाल दिया।
- Radhika served baked custard at her school reunion.
राधिका ने स्कूल के पुनर्मिलन में baked custard परोसा।
- A bowl of custard with banana slices is a tasty snack.
केले के टुकड़ों वाला custard का कटोरा एक स्वादिष्ट नाश्ता है।
- The sweet-seller makes custard apple ice cream in winter.
मिठाई वाला सर्दियों में सीताफल की आइसक्रीम बनाता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She made two custards for the guests.
✓ She made two bowls of custard for the guests.
Custard is uncountable, so a number needs a measure word like bowls of.
'Custard' uncountable है, इसलिए संख्या के साथ bowls of जैसा माप-सूचक शब्द आता है।
✗ The custard are very sweet.
✓ The custard is very sweet.
An uncountable noun takes a singular verb.
Uncountable noun के साथ singular verb आती है।
?Which word?
Keep apart custard (a sweet dish) and mustard (a yellow sauce or plant with seeds).
Custard (मीठा व्यंजन) और mustard (पीली चटनी या बीजों वाला पौधा, सरसों) को अलग रखिए।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Custard apple (sharifa or sitaphal, a tropical fruit with soft white flesh).
Collocation 'custard apple' (शरीफ़ा या सीताफल, नरम सफ़ेद गूदे वाला उष्णकटिबंधीय फल)।