pastry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pastry
    n 1: a dough of flour and water and shortening [syn: {pastry},
         {pastry dough}]
    2: any of various baked foods made of dough or batter

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pastry \Pas"try\, n.; pl. {Pastries}.
   1. The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   2. Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of
      paste, as pies, tarts, etc.
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   {Pastry cook}, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as,
      the pastry cook of a hotel.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "pastry":
      Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, blintz, chocolate eclair,
      cream puff, dowdy, eclair, pandowdy, pasty, patisserie, patty,
      patty-shell, pie, puff, quiche, rosette, strudel, tart, timbale,
      tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent

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