Synonyms for pastries

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pey-stree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ stri

Top 10 synonyms for pastries

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Définition of pastries

Origin : mid-15c., "food made with paste," not originally limited to sweets, from Middle English paste (see paste (n.)) + -ry. Probably influenced by Old French pastaierie "pastry" (Modern French pâtisserie), from pastoier "pastry cook," from paste (see paste (n.)); also borrowed from Medieval Latin pasteria "pastry," from Latin pasta. Specific sense of "small confection made of pastry" is from 1906. Pastry-cook attested from 1712.

noun baked product made with flour

Example sentences :

The diet must be full and nourishing, but all pastries and "knicknacks" should be avoided.
Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler

There's only one thing left to do, there is still some champagne and some pastries left.
Extract from : « Tartarin de Tarascon » by Alphonse Daudet

With the pastries and so on, the heavy drinking began—and the talk.
Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

This is one reason why pastries and fried foods are hard to digest.
Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne

After tea we had candied fruits, stewed fruit, and pastries.
Extract from : « A Young Girl's Diary » by An Anonymous Young Girl

I took a pair of field-glasses, and "Cherry" had a bag of pastries, which we bought on the way.
Extract from : « At Suvla Bay » by John Hargrave

This heat is intense and entirely too hot for breads, pastries and cakes.
Extract from : « Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book » by Mary A. Wilson

When pastries are cold put in each one a spoonful of the jam or jelly.
Extract from : « The Story of Crisco » by Marion Harris Neil

Even the holiday meats and pastries were cooked or made ready for cooking.
Extract from : « Masters of the Guild » by L. Lamprey

Pastries and Pies completes this volume, rounding out, as it were, the housewife's understanding of dessert making.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

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