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pas·try

(pā′strē)
n. pl. pas·tries
1. Dough or paste consisting primarily of shortening or another fatty substance mixed with flour and water, often baked and used as a crust for sweet foods such as pies and tarts.
2.
a. Baked sweet foods made with pastry: Viennese pastry.
b. One of these baked foods.
3. Informal A sweet baked good.
[Middle English pastree, from paste, paste, dough; see paste 1.]
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pastry

(ˈpeɪstrɪ)
n, pl -tries
1. (Cookery) a dough of flour, water, shortening, and sometimes other ingredients
2. (Cookery) baked foods, such as tarts, made with this dough
3. (Cookery) an individual cake or pastry pie
[C16: from paste1]
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pas•try

(ˈpeɪ stri)

n., pl. -tries.
1. a sweet baked food made of dough.
2. a piece of such food.
[1530–40; paste + -ry]
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Pastry

articles of food made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc., collectively, 1539.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:pastry - a dough of flour and water and shortening]pastry - a dough of flour and water and shortening
pate feuillete, puff paste - dough used for very light flaky rich pastries
dough - a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
2. [画像:pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter]pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
flour - fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
baked goods - foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
pie crust, pie shell - pastry used to hold pie fillings
pandowdy, dowdy - deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
frangipane - pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling
streusel - pastry with a topping of streusel
tart - a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
timbale case, timbale - small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods
pie - dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
French pastry - sweet filled pastry made of especially puff paste
bouchee, patty shell - shell of puff paste
sausage roll - sausage meat rolled and baked in pastry
toad-in-the-hole - sausage baked in batter
vol-au-vent - puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce
strudel - thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked
baklava - rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
profiterole - a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate
puff - a light inflated pastry or puff shell
rugelach, ruggelach, rugulah - pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)
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pastry

noun tart, Danish (pastry), pasty, tartlet high fat foods such as cakes and pastries see cakes and pastries

Types of pastry

choux pastry, filo pastry, flaky pastry, hot water pastry, pâte brisée, pâte feuilletée, pâte sucrée, puff pastry, rough puff pastry, shortcrust pastry, suet pastry
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Translations
عَجينَهفَطيرَهمُعَجَّنَاتٌ
cukrářské pečivolistové těstotěsto
butterdejbutterdejstærtewienerbrød
taikina
kolači
édestészta
hveitideigsætabrauî
生地
페이스트리
tešla
konditorejamīkla
cukrárske pečivo
pecivotesto
bakverk
ขนมอบ
hamur pasta pasta hamuru
bánh ngọt

pastry

[ˈpeɪstrɪ]
A. N (= dough) → masa f; (= cake) → pastel m
B. CPD pastry board N → tabla f de amasar
pastry brush N → cepillo m de repostería
pastry case N → cobertura f de pasta
pastry cook N → pastelero/a m/f, repostero/a m/f
pastry cutter N → cortador m de masa
pastry shop N → pastelería f, repostería f
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pastry

[ˈpeɪstri] n
(for tarts, pies) → pâte f pastry brush
(= cake) → pâtisserie f
pastries → les pâtisseries pastry brush n → pinceau m à pâtisserie pastry case n → croûte fpastry chef pastry cook n → pâtissier/ière m/fpastry cutter pastry-cutter [ˈpeɪstrikʌtər] n → emporte-pièce m invpast tense n (GRAMMAR) → passé m
in the past tense → au passé
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pastry

n → Teig m; (= cake etc) → Stückchen nt; pastries pl → Gebäck nt ? Danish pastry

pastry

:
pastry brush
n → Backpinsel m
pastry case
n → Törtchenform f
pastry chef, pastry cook
n → Konditor(in) m(f); (with higher qualification) → Konditormeister(in) m(f)
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pastry

[ˈpeɪstrɪ] n (dough) → pasta (per rustici, dolci) (cake) → pasta, pasticcino
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pastry

(ˈpeistri) – plural ˈpastries – noun
1. flour paste used in making pies, tarts etc. deeg عَجينَه тесто massa listové těsto der Blätterteig butterdej ζύμη masa (rasvane) tainas خمیر شیرینی پزی taikina pâte בצק पेस्ट्री एक छोटा मीठा केक kolači, torte (édes) tészta adonan hveitideig pasta, impasto パイ生地 밀가루 반죽 (saldi) tešla mīkla pastri pasteideeg deig ciasto پاسترې، يوډول كلچه massa aluat (de foi) тесто lístkové cesto testo testo smördeg ขนมอบ pasta hamuru 做餡餅的麵團 тісто для кондитерських виробів گندھا ہوا آٹا bột nhão 做馅饼的面团
2. a pie, tart etc made with this. Danish pastries. tertjie فَطيرَه сладкиши pastel cukrářské pečivo die Pastete butterdejstærte; wienerbrød τάρτα pastelería, pastas, pastelitos küps(et)is, kondiitritoode کیک؛ نان شیرینی leivonnainen pâtisserie דְבָר מַאֲפֶה पेस्ट्री tijesto cukrászsütemény kue sætabrauð pasticceria パイの類 가루 반죽 과자 tešlainis konditoreja (cepumi, kūkas u.tml.) pastri gebakje pai, wienerbrød, kaker ciasto يوډول كلچه pastel (produs de) patiserie кондитерские изделия cukrárske pečivo fino pecivo pecivo bakverk, bakelse[r] ขนมพายหรือทาร์ท pasta 糕點 кондитерські вироби پيسٹري، سموسہ bánh ngọt 糕点
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pastry

→ مُعَجَّنَاتٌ těsto butterdej Teig ζύμη masa taikina pâte kolači impasto 生地 페이스트리 gebakje butterdeig ciastko massa тесто bakverk ขนมอบ hamur bánh ngọt 馅饼皮
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