pâtisserie — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cake noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
- 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.
Senses
pâtisserie is used for these senses in English:
- cake A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- cake shop A shop where cakes can be bought.
- 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.
- patisserie (UK) a shop that sells pastries and cakes
- sweetshop A shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery.
cake — full definition
- noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
- verb To coat something thickly, or to harden into a solid crusted layer.
confection — full definition
- 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.
- noun The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
- noun The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
- noun An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.