pastry
Definition
A sweet baked food made of dough, typically containing fat, flour, and sugar, often with a filling.
To remember it
Picture the golden, flaky pastries in the bakery window and think of them as 'delicate treats' that you might find at a fancy tea party.
Examples
- A1
I want a pastry with my coffee.
- A2
She buys a sweet pastry every morning at the bakery.
- B1
The pastry was filled with apple and covered in sugar, so the children loved it.
- B2
Although the recipe requires patience, making a homemade pastry with a fruit filling is worth the effort.
- C1
Having been baked to a golden crisp, the pastry, whose buttery layers concealed a rich almond filling, was devoured before the guests had even arrived.
- C2
Were the pastry not so cloyingly sweet, its delicate, flaky crust and subtle vanilla filling might have been appreciated by even the most discerning of critics.
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