different between wastry vs pastry

English

Etymology

From waste +? -ery.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?we?st?i/

Noun

wastry (uncountable)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Extravagance, wastefulness.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 136:

     Syne Chae had the toddy made and he handed a glass to Ewan first, as was right with a man, and another to Chris, with three spoonfuls of sugar in it, Mistress Strachan might have had something to say about that if she'd seen such wastry.

Synonyms

• wastery

Adjective

wastry (comparative more wastry, superlative most wastry)

1. wasteful, extravagant

Anagrams

• sawtry, strawy, swarty

English

Etymology

paste +? -ry, or Old French pastaierie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?st?i/

Noun

pastry (countable and uncountable, plural pastries)

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

2. (uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

3. (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
4. (countable, obsolete) A place where pastry is made.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, IV. iv. 2:

     They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.

5. (uncountable) The act or art of making pastry.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• pastry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Sparty