pastry

noun6

1. •
   a baked food made from flour and fat, such as a pie or a small sweet cake

   • That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods.
2. •
   The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

   • That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.
3. •
   The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
4. •
   Desserts of all kinds, whether or not these incorporate the baked item made from flour and fat, or that section of a kitchen that prepares these.

   • I used to work in the fish section, but now I've been moved to pastry.
5. •
   The act or art of making pastry.

   • He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
6. •
   (no longer used) A place where pastry is made.

   • They call for dates and quinces in the pastry. — 1591