pastry

Universal Words noun (plural pastries) 1 [U] a mixture of flour, fat and water or milk that is rolled out flat and baked as a base or covering for pies, etc: a pastry case seealsoCHOUXPASTRY, FILOPASTRY, PUFFPASTRY, SHORTCRUSTPASTRY 2 [C] a small cake made using pastry seealsoDANISHPASTRY \