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Webster 1913 Edition
Pastry
Pas′try
,Noun.
pl.
Pastries
. 1.
The place where pastry is made.
[Obs.]
Shak.
2.
Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc.
Pastry cook
, one whose occupation is to make pastry;
as, the
.pastry cook
of a hotelWebster 1828 Edition
Pastry
PASTRY
,Noun.
1.
The place where pastry is made.Definition 2024
pastry
pastry
English
Noun
pastry (countable and uncountable, plural pastries)
- A baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
- (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
- (obsolete) The 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:
Derived terms
- pastry flour
Translations
food group
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type of dough
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