pastry cart
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- noun
:
carrito de pasteles
- As she entered the bakery, the delightful aroma from the pastry cart drew her in.
Examples
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They look like the pastry carts in restaurants.
Fiction book (1996) -
The waiter pushed the pastry cart through the restaurant, showcasing a variety of desserts.
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At the café, the pastry cart was filled with croissants, éclairs, and tarts.
Synonyms
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A cart on wheels used for carrying shopping or luggage
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A small cart on wheels for serving tea, coffee, or light food
A small table with wheels for carrying and serving food and drinks
A small table on wheels for serving tea and light food
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'pastry cart' is directly and transparently compositional: combining 'pastry' (baked sweet goods) with 'cart' (a wheeled vehicle or serving trolley) yields a cart used for pastries. This straightforward noun+noun construction is common cross-linguistically and contains no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pastry cart comes from the simple image of a small wheeled cart full of sweet pastry that a waiter pushes to the tables so customers can see and choose desserts. That's why it means a serving cart used to 'display' and 'offer' desserts in a restaurant or café.