pastry

IPA: pˈeɪstri

(countable) A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
(uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
(uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
(countable, obsolete) A place where pastry is made.
(uncountable) The act or art of making pastry.
(uncountable, culinary industry) 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.

Examples of "pastry" in Sentences

The recipe is a casing of pastry.
This pastry resembles the baklava and burek.
Ursula served as a pastry cook and laundress.
The sheet with the inserted pastry is prebaked.
Normally the top side of the pastry is latticed.
The pastry is soft and made with glutinous rice.
They have sugar on top of the pastry and the filling.
If they are in England, gristle and gravy in soggy pastry.
The published source cited in the article calls her the pastry chef.
The pastry chef is creating decorative desserts to sweeten up the traditional Christmas tree.