pasty

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: past=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

pasty, a. 

 Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness.  G. Eliot.  [1913 Webster]

pasty, n. [OF. pasté, F. pâté. See Paste, and cf. Patty.].

 A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie.  [1913 Webster]
"A large pasty baked in a pewter platter."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pasty, n. (pl. -ies) a pastry case with a sweet or savoury filling, baked without a dish to shape it.

pasty, adj. (pastier, pastiest)
1 of or like or covered with paste.
2 unhealthily pale (esp. in complexion) (pasty-faced).

Derivative

pastily adv. pastiness n.

THESAURUS

pasty

Danish pastry, French pastry, achromatic, achromic, adhesive, amylaceous, anemic, ashen, ashy, baccate, baklava, bled white, blintz, bloodless, cadaverous, chloranemic, chocolate eclair, clabbered, clammy, clayey, clotted, coagulated, colorless, cream puff, curdled, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, doughy, dowdy, dull, eclair, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, faded, faint, fallow, flabby, flat, fleshy, gaumy, gelatinous, ghastly, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, gray, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, haggard, heavy, hueless, hypochromic, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, lackluster, leaden, livid, loamy, lurid, lusterless, macerated, masticated, mat, mealy, mucilaginous, muddy, mushy, neutral, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pandowdy, pastry, patisserie, patty, patty-shell, pie, pithy, puff, pulpal, pulpar, pulped, pulplike, pulpy, quiche, ropy, rosette, sallow, sickly, slabby, slimy, slithery, soft, spongy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, strudel, succulent, syrupy, tacky, tallow-faced, tart, tenacious, thick, thickened, timbale, tipsy cake, toneless, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, trifle, turnover, uncolored, viscid, viscose, viscous, vol-au-vent, wan, washed-out, waxen, weak, whey-faced, white

ROGET THESAURUS

pasty

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.