pastry shell

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• shell — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sciell; akin to Old English scealu shell, Old Norse skel, Lithuanian skelti to split, Greek skallein to hoe Date: before 12th century 1. a. a hard rigid usually largely calcareous covering or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shell — Synonyms and related words: Eustachian tube, L, R, acting area, aim at, alveolation, alveolus, ante up, antrum, anvil, apron, apron stage, armadillo shell, armature, armor, armor plate, armpit, atom, atomic model, attack, auditory apparatus,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• shell — less, adj. shell like, adj. /shel/, n. 1. a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk. 2. any of various objects resembling such a covering, as in shape or in being more or… …   Universalium

• shell — [shel] n. [ME schelle < OE sciel, akin to MDu schelle < IE base * (s)kel : see SHELF] 1. a hard outer covering, as of a turtle, mollusk, insect, egg, fruit, seed, etc. 2. something like or suggestive of a shell in being hollow, empty, or… …   English World dictionary

• pastry — noun 1 (esp. BrE) mixture of flour and water ADJECTIVE ▪ crisp, light ▪ Bake until the pastry is crisp and golden. ▪ soggy (BrE) ▪ golden, golden brown …   Collocations dictionary

• shell — n. & v. n. 1 a the hard outer case of many marine molluscs (cockle shell). b the esp. hard but fragile outer covering of a bird s, reptile s, etc. egg. c the usu. hard outer case of a nut kernel, seed, etc. d the carapace of a tortoise, turtle,… …   Useful english dictionary

• shell — /ʃɛl / (say shel) noun 1. a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusc, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusc. 2. any of various objects resembling a shell, as in shape, or in being more or less concave or hollow. 3 …  

• shell — [[t]ʃɛl[/t]] n. 1) zool. a hard outer covering of an animal, as of a clam, snail, lobster, or turtle 2) zool. the material constituting any of various coverings of this kind 3) zool. the hard exterior of an egg 4) bot the usu. hard outer covering …   From formal English to slang

• pastry — Synonyms and related words: Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, blintz, chocolate eclair, cream puff, dowdy, eclair, pandowdy, pasty, patisserie, patty, patty shell, pie, puff, quiche, rosette, strudel, tart, timbale, tipsy cake, trifle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pastry — n pie, tart, Brit. tartlet, puff, cream puff, eclair, French pastry, Fr. patisserie1. meat pie, Brit. pasty, vol au vent, patty shell; Danish pastry, Inf. Danish, coffeecake, coffeebread, doughnut, donut, cake, cupcake, petit four, ladyfinger …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• pastry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cake, crust, shell; pie, tart, strudel. See food. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. baked goods, dainty, delicacy, patisserie, bread; see also cake 2 , doughnut . Types of pastries include: French, Danish; tart …   English dictionary for students