pastry

American  

[pey-stree] / ˈpeɪ stri /

noun

PLURAL

pastries

1. a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.

2. any item of food of which such dough forms an essential part, as a pie, tart, or napoleon.

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pastry British  

/ ˈpeɪstrɪ /

noun

1. a dough of flour, water, shortening, and sometimes other ingredients

2. baked foods, such as tarts, made with this dough

3. an individual cake or pastry pie

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Etymology

Origin of pastry

First recorded in 1530–40; paste + -ry

Example Sentences

Examples of UPFs include sausages, crisps, pastries, biscuits, instant soups, fizzy drinks, ice cream and supermarket bread.

From BBC

“It gets really bad at Christmastime,” one long-suffering woman working at the pastry counter told me, noting that Yuletide season is fast upon us.

From The Wall Street Journal

I checked out, darted to the coffee shop across the street, and sketched the thing in my notebook: a soft, sturdy pastry — probably yeasted — layered with cheese and black pepper.

From Salon

Heading into the holidays, she is working on hiring four extra employees to help with an expected influx of customers seeking scones and other pastries for holiday gifts, celebrations and comfort.

From The Wall Street Journal

If a pleated edge feels above your pastry pay grade, simply fold the edge of the dough over the filling.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bread
• cake
• croissant
• doughnut
• phyllo
• pie