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Definitions: Pastry |
PastryNoun1. A dough of flour and water and shortening. 2. Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pastry" was first used: 1442. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | A deadly weapon carried by cafes, cooks and newly married housekeepers. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of pastry, denotes that you will be deceived by some artful person. To eat it, implies heartfelt friendships. If a young woman dreams that she is cooking it, she will fail to deceive others as to her real intentions. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Pastry the name given to various kinds of dough made from flour, butter and eggs, that are rolled out thinly and used as the base for baked goods. Common pastry dishes include pies, tarts, and quiches.
A good pastry is very light and airy, but firm enough to support the weight of the filling. The shortening is distributed between the flour-and-water in many thin layers or sheets; when baked, the resulting pastry is delicate and flaky. Good pastry must be uniformly mixed to achieve this layering, and should not have any large bubbles of air in it, as these will expand during cooking and spoil the texture. However, overworking of the pastry will cause long gluten chains to form, resulting in a tough product. Thus the manufacture of good pastry is something of a fine art.
As pastry must be baked to be edible, and pie fillings often do not need extra baking, many pie recipes involve blind-baking the pastry before the filling is added.
Some types of pastry are:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pastry."
Synonym: PastrySynonym: pastry dough (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Beef, bisquit, bun; cornstarch; cookie, cooky; cracker, doughnut; fatling; hardtack, hoecake, hominy; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled; remove, entremet; releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat; pie, pasty, volauvent; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets; kickshaws; condiment. |
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Screenplays | And where does the teacher sit her? Right next to me! Up until now, one could write this off to coincidence. But then she reaches in her bag and pulls out a strawberry Pop-Tart---the very same breakfast pastry I was consuming at that moment! (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont) If this pastry is to bear my name, it must be richer! (Love and Death; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pastry Panic (1951) Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942) Pastry Town Wedding (1934) French Pastry (1925) | |
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 | Pastry eaters.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bainbridge Naval Training Station. Bakery, pastry bakers.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | Active franchisers are in the fast food, ethnic fast food, classic restaurant, pizza, ice cream, cafe, croissant and cheese pie, bakery, and pastry subsectors of food. Over 25 of these companies are Greek. (references) | |
Minorities | Yugoslavia | On March 19, three men from Beocin beat an ethnic-Albanian man and damaged property in his pastry shop. (references) |
Trade | Philippines | Category I includes: bakery & bakery related products; non-alcoholic beverages & beverage mixes; candies & confectionery products; cocoa & cocoa related products; coffee, tea & non-dairy creamer; condiments, sauces & seasonings; culinary products; gelatin, dessert preparation & mixes; dairy products; dressings & spreads; flour/flour mixes & starch; fish & other marine products; fruits, vegetable & edible fungi (prepared); meat and poultry products (prepared); noodles, pastas & pastry wrapper; nut & nut products; native delicacies; oils, fats & shortening; snack foods & breakfast cereals and; sugar & other related products. (references) |
Travel | Israel | Diet drinks are becoming very popular as well as a variety of wonderful fresh made fruit-based shakes and popular beverages from the U.S. Coffee bars and pastry shops are on almost every street corner, and many small kiosks offer regional specialties such as falafel and shwarma sandwiches. (references) |
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Julia Child | Well, because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook. |
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| "Pastry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.59% of the time. "Pastry" is used about 486 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.59% | 484 | 12,322 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.41% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 486 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pastry": custard filled pastry ♦ danish pastry ♦ french pastry ♦ pastry board ♦ pastry cart ♦ pastry cook ♦ pastry cream ♦ pastry cutter ♦ pastry dough ♦ pastry flour ♦ pastry jagger ♦ pastry making ♦ pastry roller ♦ pastry shop ♦ pastry wheel ♦ puff pastry ♦ rough puff pastry ♦ short pastry ♦ shortcrust pastry. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "pastry": pastry-based, pastry-board, pastry-cook, pastry-cooks, pastry-cutting, pastry-making, pastry-shop. | |
Ending with "pastry": flaky-pastry, puff-pastry, sugar-pastry. | |
Containing "pastry": puff-pastry cake. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pastry | 267 |
pastry chef job | 123 |
pastry recipe | 97 |
pastry chef | 95 |
puff pastry | 89 |
pastry school | 34 |
italian pastry | 33 |
danish pastry | 32 |
pastry ring | 29 |
pastry chef school | 25 |
pastry bag | 23 |
french pastry | 23 |
pastry stencil | 20 |
pastry shop | 18 |
pie and pastry | 17 |
mikes pastry | 17 |
pastry supply | 15 |
pastry flour | 15 |
cream pastry | 13 |
pastry box | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "pastry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pastë (cake, pure), tortë (cake, flan, pie), brumë ëmbëlsirash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فطيرة حلوة, فطائر, معجنات, حلويات (candy, confectionery, confections, confetti, sweetmeats). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asturian | pastes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сладкиши (suck), сладки, тесто за сладкиш, кора за сладкиш с плодове, пасти (fancy cakes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cebuano | pastel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chamorro | postre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 酥皮点心 (Pastries), 餅餌 (cakes), 餅 (cake, cookie, round flat cake), 餑餑 (cake, steamed bun), 點心 (light refreshments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornish | pást. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | peèivo (puff paste, sponge), mouèník (afters, cake, dessert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | konditorkager, fint bagværk, dej (dough), bagvaerk (pastrycooks' products). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beslag (armour, attachment, brace, brew, collar, dough, ferrule, fur, gyle, ironwork, mounting, paste, rebate, seizure, shrinking, studs), banketbakkerswerk en gebak (pastrycooks' products), banketbakkerij (confectionery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | migdalkukaĵo (almound pastry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | køkur (kitchen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کماج وکلوچه ومانندانها, شیرینی پزی , شیرینی (Amiability, Bonbon, Confection, Confetti, Cookie, Cooky, Goody, Sugar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | leivonnainen, kahvileipä (buns, cakes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pâtisserie, pâte (paste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | pastei. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gebäck (baked goods, biscuits, buns, cakes, cookies, cookiesUS, pastries, tarts), Blätterteig (milfoil, paste, puff pastry), Teig (batter, dough, mixture, paste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ζυμαρικό (pasta, paste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מאפ", מ'" ים, תופין (biscuit, cake), פשטי"" (pie, pudding), בצק (dough, paste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cukrászsütemény (cake, confectionery), édestészta (cookie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inuktitut | palaugaat siiqnaqtuliit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | thaosrán. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pasta (body, brioche, dough, flesh, macaroni, milk bread, noodles, pasta, paste, pie, pulp, sammy, spread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "子 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かし (apparent death, asphyxiation, being granted, blemish, defect, evergreen oak, Fahrenheit, false tooth, filament, fish market, flaw, granting, imperial grant, lending, loan, lower extremities, noncommissioned officer, river bank, riverside, song lyrics, the legs, visibility, words of a song). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 생과자 (Pastries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Macedonian | krofna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | berreenyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astrypay pastelaria. (various references) pastissariá (pastry shop). (various references) patiserie (patisserie), cofetãrie (confectionery, sweetshop), aluat de foi. (various references) pastizaria. (various references) кондитерские изделия (confection, confectionary, confectionery), печенье (biscuit, cookie, cracker). (various references) pai. (various references) dikukisi. (various references) kolač (gateau). (various references) cosi duci. (various references) pasteles (cakes), pasta (batter, body, bread, cake, cash, cookie, dough, impasto, loot, makings, mash, pasta, paste, pulp, shekels, shiners, splosh, spread). (various references) bakelse (cake). (various references) pasta (cake, confectionery, sweetmeat), hamur işi. (various references) gutap (pie). (various references) кондитерські вироби (confectionery), гарненькі жінки. (various references) bột nhão bánh ngọt, bột nh"i (paste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | crustula, crustulum. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | pasteria. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Pastry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anstry, Kastri, partry, Partrych, pasar, passy, pastery, Pastorie, Pastre, patri, patryn, Pazyryk, peatry, pestery, petry, piastre, praestari, psaltry, pustry, sastri, Sastry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pastry" (pronounced pā"strē) |
| 4 | -s t r ē | ancestry, artistry, baptistery, biochemistry, chemistry, dentistry, forestry, geochemistry, industry, Maestri, ministry, palmistry, registry, tapestry. |
| 3 | -t r ē | asymmetry, banditry, basketry, bigotry, cabinetry, carpentry, circuitry, complementary, country, dissymmetry, elementary, entry, gadgetry, gallantry, gantry, gentry, geometry, helotry, idolatry, infantry, mitre, optometry, pageantry, paltry, pantry, peasantry, pedantry, pleasantry, poetry, poultry, psychiatry, punditry, puppetry, reentry, rocketry, sentry, spectrometry, sultry, summitry, symmetry, telemetry, toiletry, wintry, zealotry. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: artsy, parts, party, pasty, patsy, prats, prays, raspy, satyr, sprat, spray, strap, stray, tarps, traps, trays. | |
-2 letters: arts, arty, pars, part, past, pats, paty, pays, prat, pray, pyas, raps, rapt, rasp, rats, rays, ryas, spar, spat, spay, spry, star, stay, taps, tarp, tars, trap, tray, tsar, yaps. | |
-3 letters: apt, ars, art, asp, ays, par, pas, pat, pay, pry, pya, rap, ras, rat, ray, rya, sap, sat, say, spa, spy, sty, tap, tar, tas, try, yap, yar. | |
-4 letters: ar, as, at, ay, pa, ta, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: psaltry, satrapy. | |
+2 letters: asperity, flytraps, outprays, papistry, partyers, peytrals, plastery, portrays, psaltery, pyrostat, sparsity, sympatry, tapestry, typebars. | |
+3 letters: apteryxes, baptistry, calypters, calyptras, cystocarp, disparity, kalyptras, palmistry, paymaster, peasantry, pederasty, piscatory, pyrostats, pyruvates, spymaster, sumptuary, sympatric, taxpayers, triptycas. | |
+4 letters: ambrotypes, anisotropy, archetypes, baptistery, cryptogams, cystocarps, depositary, epistolary, interplays, karyotypes, panegyrist, paralytics, partisanly, pastorally, paymasters, personalty, pityriases, pityriasis, pleasantry, polywaters, portrayals, portrayers, psychiatry, pyrolysate, ratepayers, repayments, saprophyte, separately, spectrally, spymasters, strathspey, sympatries, syncopator, typographs. | |
+5 letters: antileprosy, antipyreses, antipyresis, antipyrines, arthroscopy, bathysphere, cryptograms, desperately, disparately, gastroscopy, hyperstatic, hypertonias, hypogastric, inspiratory, macrophytes, misanthropy, panegyrists, patronymics, personality, phalanstery, pharyngitis, physiatrist, playwrights, polycrystal, polysorbate, postprimary, predynastic, prepayments, presentably, presynaptic, procaryotes, prokaryotes, psychiatric, pyracanthas, pyroclastic, pyrolysates, pyrolyzates, rapturously, respectably, respiratory, rhinoplasty, saprophytes, saprophytic, specularity, spiritually, spiritualty, sportsmanly, stenography, stipendiary, stipulatory, strathspeys, stylography, sympathizer, syncopators, tapestrying, trypanosome, tryptamines, tryptophans. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ... - .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a s t r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0073 0074 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506785868491 |
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