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leivos — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • confection noun A sweet food, such as a cake, sweet or pastry, often made with great care and finely decorated.
  • 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 sweet food, such as a cake, sweet or pastry, often made with great care and finely decorated.
  2. noun The process of putting something together or making it.
  3. noun Something that has been put together or made up, especially from several different parts.
  4. noun A piece of writing, music or art that is light and entertaining and not meant to be taken too seriously.

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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