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Cornish pasty

Cornish pasty noun: a kind of meat pie, not made in a pie pan but with a large piece of folded-over pastry dough, crimped shut, then baked on a sheet. It usually includes meat and vegetables in a thick hearty sauce.

cornish pasty: a kind of meat pie, not made in a pie pan but with a large piece of folded-over pastry dough,...
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Noun

Cornish pasty (plural Cornish pasties)

  1. A kind of meat pie, not made in a pie pan but with a large piece of folded-over pastry dough, crimped shut, then baked on a sheet. It usually includes meat and vegetables in a thick hearty sauce.
    • […] after we have removed some of the dust of our journey, we sit down to a well-spread tea-table, on which a noble Cornish pasty holds the post of honour.1854, Chambers's Journal of popular literature, science and arts, W. & R. Chambers

Cornish pasty meaning in Bengali

Cornish pasty in Bengali

এক ধরণের মাংসের পাই

Forms of Cornish pasty

pluralCornish pasties
alternative formCornish pastie

Origin of Cornish pasty

19th century Cornish + pasty

Questions about Cornish pasty

What does Cornish pasty mean?
Cornish pasty means a kind of meat pie, not made in a pie pan but with a large piece of folded-over pastry dough, crimped shut, then baked on a sheet. It usually includes meat and vegetables in a thick hearty sauce.
What is Cornish pasty in Bengali?
Cornish pasty in Bengali is এক ধরণের মাংসের পাই. See Cornish pasty meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Cornish pasty?
Cornish pasty is a noun.
What is the plural of Cornish pasty?
The plural of Cornish pasty is Cornish pasties.

Words near Cornish pasty in the dictionary

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  2. Cornish palm
  3. Cornish palms
  4. Cornish pastie
  5. Cornish pasties
  6. Cornish pasty
  7. Cornish Rex
  8. Cornish Rexes
  9. Cornish salmon
  10. Cornish sole
  11. Cornish soles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cornish pasty (page history and authors); Cornish pasty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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