🇬🇧🇪🇸 custard - natilla : English Lesson

Meaning of "custard" ("natilla"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Custard is a smooth, sweet dessert made from milk, eggs, sugar, and sometimes flavorings like vanilla. It can be thickened by cooking and is often used in pies, pastries, or eaten on its own.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I was ready to enjoy my custard, but the cat decided it was his dessert first!

Mom said to be careful with the custard, so naturally, I dropped the whole bowl on the carpet.

When I opened the fridge, the custard was gone… and my sister had a suspicious custard mustache.

I thought I was eating vanilla custard, but it turned out to be mustard. Surprise!

I tried to juggle three bowls of custard… and now the floor is extra slippery.

At the fair, a child drops a bowl of warm custard. The spoon slides through the soft custard; yellow waves shine. Grandma tastes a spoon of custard, laughs, and wipes the child's chin smeared with custard. They sit on a bench, sharing custard with sticky hands, smiling as ants find a drop.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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