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Added 9 October 2026

pastry

/ˈpeɪstɹi/ noun

In Latin: crustum, lucuns, lucunculus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pastry at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A dough of flour and water and shortening.
Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter.

Origin

From Middle English pastre, pastri, from pastree (variant of pasterie, from Old French pastaierie and Medieval Latin pasteria, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)) or paste + -ri (modern paste + -ry).

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