English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Pastry Pronunciation
Pastry is pronounced PAY-stree, IPA /ˈpeɪstri/.
PAY-stree
US /ˈpeɪstri/ · UK /ˈpeɪstri/
Syllables: PAY · stree (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Dough of flour and fat used for pies and tarts, or a small cake made from it.
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Pastry in a Sentence
- Roll the pastry out as thinly as you can.
- They sell a different pastry every morning.
- Her pastry never shrinks in the tin.
Common Mispronunciations of Pastry
Not PAS-tree
Both standards give this a long ay, so it opens like the word paste, which is more or less what it is.
Not puh-STREE
Loud beat first, and stree follows as a light second half.
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