pastry

paste +‎ -ry, or Old French pastaierie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪstɹi/

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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.

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

2. (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
3. (obsolete) The place where pastry is made.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, IV. iv. 2:

     They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.

4. The act or art of making pastry.

• pastry flour

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