pastry
US /ˈpeɪstri/
noun Advanced · C1 Ăn uống
Definition
a dough of flour and water and shortening
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The café serves fresh coffee and a variety of pastries every morning.
Synonyms
- baked goodhaving a meaning similar to pastry
- cakea block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
Collocations
- Easy sweet pastry for breakfastdescribing sweet pastry for breakfast (English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912))
- Medium traditional French pastry bakerydescribing traditional French pastry bakery (consisting of or derived from tradition)
- Hard award-winning master pastry chefdescribing award-winning master pastry chef (having received awards)
- Very Hard delicate flaky puff pastry layersdescribing delicate flaky puff pastry layers (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury)
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