pastry shop

noun

Synonym of patisserie.

Meanings

nounpastry shop (plural pastry shops)

plural pastry shops

  1. datedSynonym of patisserie.

    Every Wednesday and Saturday the remaining stock of the pastry-shop was handed over to Robert, who had it at "stale price."

    1867, Joseph Charles Parkinson, “Genii of the Cave”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round
    1 more example

    When I was around fourteen, I left school and the pastry shop to get an apprenticeship in a bigger town. I wanted to work for someone who made really good pastries.

    2013, J. M. Bedell, So, You Want to Be a Chef?

    Synonyms: patisserie, cakery, cake shop

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of patisserie.

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