pastry

[ pey-stree ]

noun

, plural pas·tries.

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.

pastry

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pastry¹

First recorded in 1530–40; paste + -ry

Word History and Origins

Origin of pastry¹

C16: from paste ¹

Example Sentences

They were all that was left of the initial 12 contestants, after they baked their way through weeks devoted to cake, biscuits, bread, caramel, pastry, autumn, dessert, back to the '70s, and patisserie.

From BBC

He kept thinking about how she would love the Christmas lights and want to try all the pastries.

From Salon

It’s the golden pastries and breads within the shop of a kind-hearted baker.

From Los Angeles Times

We get our beef on Wednesdays, clean it and create all the necessary components including the crepes, mushroom duxelle and puff pastry on Thursdays.

From Salon

On a cafe menu you might see a hot or iced matcha latte, or even a matcha-flavored cake or pastry.

From Salon

Related Words

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