Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pastry

/ˈpeɪstɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
pas-try
IPA
/ˈpeɪstɹi/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.

Countable

noun

The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

Uncountable

noun

The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.

Uncountable

noun

A place where pastry is made.

Countable; Obsolete

noun

The act or art of making pastry.

Uncountable

noun

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.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English pastre, pastri, from pastree (variant of pasterie, from Old French pastaierie and Medieval Latin pasteria, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)) or paste + -ri (modern paste + -ry).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

pastries (plural)

Derived Forms

nonpastry pastrycook pastryless pastrylike pastrymaker pastrymaking pastryman

Phrases

choux pastry cigarette pastry Danish pastry filo pastry flakey pastry flaky pastry French pastry hot water pastry

Frequently Paired Words

en croute

Synonyms

pastry dough

Rhymes With

wastry

Questions

How do you pronounce pastry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpeɪstɹi/.
What does pastry mean?
A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
Where does pastry come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce pastry

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