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pastry

noun
/ˈpeɪstɹi/

Etymology

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).

  1. derived from παστά
  2. derived from pasta
  3. derived from pasteria
  4. derived from pastaierie
  5. inherited from pastre

Definitions

  1. A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust

    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. The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

    • That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.

  3. The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A place where pastry is made.

      • They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.

    2. The act or art of making pastry.

      • He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.

    3. Desserts of all kinds, whether or not these incorporate the baked item made from flour…

      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.

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Derived

choux pastry, cigarette pastry, Danish pastry, filo pastry, flakey pastry, flaky pastry, French pastry, Napoleon pastry, nonpastry, pastry bag, pastry chef, pastry cook, pastrycook, 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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pastry. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at pastry. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at pastry

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA