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.

Noun
pastry (countable and uncountable, plural pastries)
- 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.
- The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
- That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.
- The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
- 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...
- The act or art of making pastry.
- He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
- 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.
Forms of pastry
| plural | 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).
Words formed from pastry
- choux pastry
- cigarette pastry
- Danish pastry
- filo pastry
- flakey pastry
- flaky pastry
- French pastry
- hot water pastry
- Napoleon pastry
- nonpastry
- pastry bag
- pastry chef
- pastrycook
- pastry cook
- pastry cream
- pastry flour
- pastry fork
- pastryless
- pastrylike
- pastrymaker
- pastrymaking
- pastryman
- pastry ring
- pastry shop
- pastry stout
- Pastry War
- pastry wheel
- phyllo pastry
- puff pastry
- shortcrust pastry
- short pastry
Phrases with pastry
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
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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-pastry.ogg, LL-Q7979-Soundguys-pastry.wav.
Cite this entry: “pastry.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pastry. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
