custardcup

noun
UK /ˈkʌstəd kʌp/
US /ˈkʌstərd kʌp/

A custardcup is a small bowl used for making or serving custard.

She poured the sweet custard into a little custardcup.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A small cup-shaped dish in which an individual portion of baked custard is cooked.

The recipe makes six custardcups, so each guest gets one.

3. A plant of the poppy family with cup-shaped flowers, also called the custard cup.

The custardcup bloomed yellow along the garden path.

4. A small container of prepared custard sold as a snack.

He packed a custardcup in his lunchbox for a treat.