pastry
[ pey-stree ]
/ ˈpeɪ stri /
noun, plural pas·tries.
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
any item of food of which such dough forms an essential part, as a pie, tart, or napoleon.
Words nearby pastry
pastorate,
pastorium,
pastorship,
pastose,
pastrami,
pastry,
pastry blender,
pastry brush,
pastry cream,
pastry tube,
pasturable
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British Dictionary definitions for pastries
pastry
/ (ˈpeɪstrɪ) /
noun plural -tries
a dough of flour, water, shortening, and sometimes other ingredients
baked foods, such as tarts, made with this dough
an individual cake or pastry pie
Word Origin for pastry
C16: from
paste
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