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Webster 1913 Edition


Pastry

Pas′try

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pastries
.
1.
The place where pastry is made.
[Obs.]
Shak.
2.
Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc.
Pastry cook
,
one whose occupation is to make pastry;
as, the
pastry cook
of a hotel
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pastry

PASTRY

,
Noun.
[from paste.] Things in general which are made of paste, or of which paste constitutes a principal ingredient, as pies, tarts, cake and the like.
1.
The place where pastry is made.

Definition 2024


pastry

pastry

English

almond pastries

Noun

pastry (countable and uncountable, plural pastries)

  1. A baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
  2. (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
  3. (obsolete) The place where pastry is made.

Derived terms

  • pastry flour

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