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French pastry

French pastry noun: a confection made from puff pastry often filled with fruit or custard.

french pastry: a confection made from puff pastry often filled with fruit or custard
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Noun

French pastry (plural French pastries)

  1. A confection made from puff pastry often filled with fruit or custard.
    • Carl Ingstrom was the first to arrive, and he knew from past experience that Elizabeth would have some of his favorite French pastry.2006, R. Michael Hoy, The Diary
    • Although he had never heard of Lenotre—the godfather of modern French pastry—he liked their advertisement in the phone book.2011, Mitch Stamm, The Pastry Chef's Apprentice, page 18

Forms of French pastry

pluralFrench pastries

Questions about French pastry

What does French pastry mean?
French pastry means a confection made from puff pastry often filled with fruit or custard.
What part of speech is French pastry?
French pastry is a noun.
What is the plural of French pastry?
The plural of French pastry is French pastries.

Words near French pastry in the dictionary

  1. French parsley
  2. French partridge
  3. French partridges
  4. French passive
  5. French pastries
  6. French pastry
  7. French pedicure
  8. French pedicures
  9. French plait
  10. French plaits
  11. French polish

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