pastries

Variant of pastry

pastry definition

pas·try (pās′trē)

noun pl. pastries -·tries

  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.

Etymology: see paste & -ery

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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