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    custard
    /ˈkʌstəd/

    noun

    • 1. a dessert or sweet sauce made with milk and eggs, or milk and a proprietary powder.

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  2. The meaning of COSTARD is any of several large English cooking apples.

  3. Define costard. costard synonyms, costard pronunciation, costard translation, English dictionary definition of costard. n. 1. An English variety of large cooking apple. 2. Archaic The human head. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  4. Jun 2, 2024 · costard (plural costards) A large cooking apple. The tree on which large cooking apples grow. (archaic, humorous) The human head.

  5. costard in British English. (ˈkʌstəd ) noun. 1. an English variety of apple tree. 2. the large ribbed apple of this tree. 3. archaic, humorous a slang word for head. Collins English Dictionary.

  6. Costard definition: a large English variety of apple.. See examples of COSTARD used in a sentence.

  7. There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun costard, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  8. Costard Definition. kästərd. Meanings. Definition Source. Word Forms. Noun. Filter. noun. A variety of large apple, native to England.

  9. The term, which derived from the words costard (a type of apple) and monger (a seller) is particularly associated with the original "barrow boys" of London who would sell their produce from these wheeled market stalls.

  10. Define 'COSTARD'. See more meanings of 'COSTARD' with examples.

  11. early 1500s. The earliest known use of the noun costard is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for costard is from 1503, in Will of Martin Ferrer. costard is probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: costret n. See etymology.