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crustum — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pastry noun A dough made from flour and fat, used as the base for pies, tarts, and similar baked goods.
  • pie noun A baked dish with a pastry crust and a filling, sweet or savoury.

Senses

crustum is used for these senses in English:

  • pastry (uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
  • pie A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
  • pie Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.

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.

pie — full definition

  1. noun A baked dish with a pastry crust and a filling, sweet or savoury.
  2. noun A whole amount of something to be divided into shares.
  3. noun A pie chart.

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