pastry
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpeɪstɹi/
pastry
- (countable) A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
- That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods.
- (uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
- That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.
- (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
- (countable, obsolete) A place where pastry is made.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, IV. iv. 2:
- They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, IV. iv. 2:
- (uncountable) The act or art of making pastry.
- He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
- French: pâtisserie
- German: Backwerk pastry and bread, Gebäck pastry and bread, Feingebäck
- Italian: pasticceria, paste
- Portuguese: pastel
- Russian: вы́печка
- Spanish: pastel, pastelería
- German: Gebäckteig
- Italian: impasto
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