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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: paste

pastry

 noun
     
pastry
Related topics: Food, Food Dish
pas‧try S3 plural pastries
1 [uncountable]DF a mixture of flour, butter, and milk or water, used to make the outer part of baked foods such as pies
2 [countable]DFF a small sweet cake, made using pastry:
a Danish pastry
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