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Custard vs Castrate - What's the difference?

custard | castrate |

As a noun custard

is (uncountable) 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.

As a verb castrate is

to remove the testicles of.

custard

Noun

  • (uncountable) 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.
  • (countable) Any particular variety of custard.
  • Derived terms

    * confectioner's custard * custard apple * custard arm * custard brains * custard Christian * custard-chucker * custard coffin * custard cream * custard cup * custard-cups * custard glass * custard pie * custard powder * custard tart * custard winds * custardy * egg custard * frozen custard * fruit custard * love custard * turn to custard

    See also

    * bavarois * * * cream puff * floating islands * trifle * panna cotta, pannacotta * vanilla slice * vla * zabaglione

    castrate

    English

    Verb

    (castrat)
  • To remove the testicles of.
  • To remove the ovaries of.
  • Derived terms

    * castration * castrative * castrator * castratrix * castratable

    Synonyms

    * emasculate * geld * spay (f) / neuter * sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)

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