Flaky

  • 21Flaky pastry — is similar to puff pastry, the difference being that large lumps of shortening (ca. 1 in./2½ cm. across), (as opposed to a large rectangle of shortening), are mixed into the dough, which is then rolled and folded in a similar manner. [The Concise …

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  • 22flaky pastry — noun count or uncount a type of PASTRY that consists of a lot of thin layers …

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  • 23flaky pastry — UK US noun [uncountable] a type of pastry that consists of a lot of thin layers Thesaurus: pies and pastrieshyponym types of food or drinkhypernym …

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  • 24flaky pastry — noun A form of pastry in which the fat (shortening) is rolled into the dough to produce a flaky texture …

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  • 25flaky juniper — žvynuotasis kadagys statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kiparisinių šeimos medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Juniperus squamata), paplitęs rytų ir pietryčių Azijoje. Iš jo gaunami eterinis aliejus ir derva. atitikmenys: lot. Juniperus squamata… …

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  • 26flaky — Synonyms and related words: abnormal, anomalous, apish, arbitrary, asinine, asperous, balmy, bananas, barmy, bats, batty, beany, befooled, beguiled, besotted, bonkers, brainless, branny, buffoonish, buggy, bughouse, bugs, capricious, chalklike,… …

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  • 27flaky — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flocculent, scaly; crumbly; slang, eccentric, wacky. See powderiness, layer, unconformity …

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  • 28flaky — flak·y || fleɪkɪ adj. resembling flakes; consisting of flakes; eccentric, odd, strange (about a person) …

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  • 29flaky — adjective (flakier, flakiest) 1》 breaking or separating easily into flakes. 2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. unconventional or eccentric. 3》 informal unreliable. Derivatives flakiness noun flakily adverb …

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  • 30flaky — flak•y or flak•ey [[t]ˈfleɪ ki[/t]] adj. flak•i•er, flak•i•est 1) of or like flakes 2) lying or cleaving off in flakes or layers 3) sts Slang. eccentric; wacky; dizzy • Etymology: 1570–80 flak′i•ly, adv. flak′i•ness, n …

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