pastry

[pey-stree] / ˈpeɪ stri /

NOUN

baked product made with flour

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bread cake croissant doughnut phyllo pie

STRONG

Danish dainty delicacy patisserie strudel tart turnover

WEAK

panettone sweet roll éclair

Example Sentences

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A Persian baklava dressed with golden shards of filo pastry.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

She spoke of pastry shops selling sweets so enticing that barely any survived the trip home.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Eavesdrop on pastry chefs with laminated dough under their nails.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

"The Asian community stuck with Labour for a long time," said Atif Nazir, 45, manager of a pastry store.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

By the time I was born in 1982, they were kings of pastry.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri