pastry

Plural: pastries

Noun

• A sweet baked food made with dough, or the dough itself.
• a dough of flour and water and shortening
• any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
• A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
• The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
• The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
• A place where pastry is made.
• The act or art of making pastry.
• Desserts of all kinds, whether or not these incorporate the baked item made from flour and fat, or that section of a kitchen that prepares these.

Examples

• He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
• I used to work in the fish section, but now I've been moved to pastry.
• She managed to spell PASTRY, but really wanted to play a longer dessert word for more points.
• That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods.
• That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.

Synonyms

pastry dough