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pastry

/ˈpeɪstɹi/

pastry noun: a baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.

pastry: a baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws,...
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Noun

pastry (countable and uncountable, plural pastries)

  1. (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.
  2. (uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
    • That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.
  3. (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
  4. (countable, obsolete) A place where pastry is made.
    • They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  5. (uncountable) The act or art of making pastry.
    • He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
  6. (uncountable, culinary industry) 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.
    • I used to work in the fish section, but now I've been moved to pastry.

pastry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

pastry in Hindi

पेस्ट्री

pastry in Tamil

மா பலகாரம்

pastry in Marathi

पेस्ट्री

pastry in Urdu

پیسٹری
More languagesFewer languages
pastry in Bengali
ময়দা
pastry in Telugu
పేస్ట్రీ
pastry in Malayalam
അട, പൂപം, അപ്പം, പലഹാരം
pastry in Kannada
ಪಂಜಾರ, ಕಣಕ, ಕಣಕದಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ ಸಿಹಿತಿಂಡಿ, ಪಿಷ್ಟ ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯ
pastry in Punjabi
ਪੇਸਟਰੀ, ਪੇਸਟ੍ਰੀ
pastry in Gujarati
પેસ્ટ્રી, પેસ્ટરી
pastry in Odia
ପେଷ୍ଟ୍ରି, ପେସ୍ଟ୍ରି
pastry in Nepali
पेस्ट्री
pastry in Arabic
مُعَجَّنَات muʕajjanāt
pastry in Malay
pastri
pastry in Indonesian
kue, pastri, patiseri
pastry in Persian
شیرینی

Examples of pastry in a sentence

  • The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.
  • They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.
  • If you don't get your choux pastry just right, the profiteroles will taste foul.

All 40 example sentences with pastry

Forms of pastry

pluralpastries

Plural of pastry: pastries

Origin of pastry

From Middle English pastre, pastri, from pastree (variant of pasterie, from Old French pastaierie and Medieval Latin pasteria, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)) or paste + -ri (modern paste + -ry).

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Words that rhyme with pastry

Questions about pastry

What does pastry mean?
Pastry means a baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
What is pastry in Hindi?
Pastry in Hindi is पेस्ट्री. See Pastry meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pastry?
Pastry is a noun.
How do you pronounce pastry?
Pastry is pronounced /ˈpeɪstɹi/.
What is the plural of pastry?
The plural of pastry is pastries.

Words near pastry in the dictionary

  1. pastries
  2. pastrix
  3. Pastrnak
  4. pastromi
  5. pastromis
  6. pastry
  7. pastry bag
  8. pastry bags
  9. pastry chef
  10. pastry chefs
  11. pastry cook

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pastry (page history and authors); pastry (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pastry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pastry (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pastry (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pastry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pastry (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pastry (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pastry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pastry (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pastry (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pastry (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pastry (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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