pastry
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pas·try /ˈpeɪstri/ ●●○ noun (plural pastries) 1. 
[uncountable]DF a mixture of flour, butter, and milk or water, used to make the outer part of baked foods such as pies 〔用来做烘焙食物外皮的〕油酥面团2 [countable]DFF a small sweet cake, made using pastry 油酥点心[糕饼] a Danish pastry 丹麦油酥糕饼
[uncountable]DF a mixture of flour, butter, and milk or water, used to make the outer part of baked foods such as pies 〔用来做烘焙食物外皮的〕油酥面团2 [countable]DFF a small sweet cake, made using pastry 油酥点心[糕饼] a Danish pastry 丹麦油酥糕饼Examples from the Corpus
pastry• She's been a pastry chef, a whorehouse receptionist, and a proofreader on Wall Street.• Another went to the bakery warehouse, loaded her car, and created a pastry sculpture in the middle of her kitchen.• They were, however, likely to stop, sit down and relax at 4 p. m. with tea and pastry.• Beat egg, use to brush pastry.• There are cheesecakes, mousses, cookies, pastries, fruits.• But it was a dismal moment for the pastry shop that Majed Makhoul had opened two months earlier in Qlaia.• Sidacai had already devoured half of the pastries on the plate.• Use three-quarters of the pastry to line the basin.Origin pastry (1400-1500) pastepas·try nounChineseSyllable
flour, of butter, milk mixture and Corpus a
pastry
pas‧try /ˈpeɪstri/
noun (plural pastries)
1. [uncountable] a mixture of flour, butter, and milk or water, used to make the outer part of baked foods such as pies
2. [countable] a small sweet cake, made using pastry:
a Danish pastry
pas‧try /ˈpeɪstri/
noun (plural pastries) Date: 1400-1500
Origin: paste
Origin: paste
1. [uncountable] a mixture of flour, butter, and milk or water, used to make the outer part of baked foods such as pies
2. [countable] a small sweet cake, made using pastry: