pastry

noun

• A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.

  "That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods."

• The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

  "That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods."

• The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
• A place where pastry is made.
• The act or art of making pastry.

  "He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre."