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Synonyms for pastries

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pey-stree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ stri

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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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