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pastries

Variant of pastry

noun pl. pastries

  1. flour dough or paste made with shortening and used for the crust of pies, tarts, etc.
  2. foods made with this, as pies, tarts, etc.
  3. broadly, all fancy baked goods, including cakes, sweet rolls, etc.
  4. a single pie, cake, croissant, etc.

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