leivos — meaning in English

English meaning

• confection noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
• pastry noun A dough made from flour and fat, used as the base for pies, tarts, and similar baked goods.
• tart adj Having a sharp, sour taste.

Senses

leivos is used for these senses in English:

• baked good (usually, in the plural) An item or class of items with a flour as a main ingredient, prepared by baking.
• confection A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
• pastry (uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
• tart A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).

confection — full definition

1. noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
2. noun The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
3. noun The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
4. noun An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

pastry — full definition

1. noun A dough made from flour and fat, used as the base for pies, tarts, and similar baked goods.
2. noun A small baked item made from this dough, such as a croissant or turnover.

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