meat pie
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1.0
- noun
- /miːt paɪ/
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pastel de carne
- Most workers are paid on Saturday night here in Sunderland, so they have money in their pockets for meat pies and jacket potatoes kept warm in barrel ovens; they buy two pennies' worth of greasy herring and a roll to go with it.
- meat pie, sausages
- a cold meat pie
- baking a meat pie
There's like potato balls, chicken, potato balls, meat pies.
- There's like potato balls, chicken, potato balls, meat pies.
- They were selling raw milk cheeses and cream and, and sausages and meat pies and fish and all sorts of wonderful things.
Examples
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They were selling raw milk cheeses and cream and, and sausages and meat pies and fish and all sorts of wonderful things.
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Is this a meat pie, Jack?
Fiction book (1991) -
The meat pie in your fridge is old.
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You've never had Scottish meat pies before?
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A few stalls on Cheapside had remained open, and he bought a meat pie and a bottle of ale.
Fiction book (1993) -
One evening near dark, Mrs. O'Dare was baking a meat pie in the kitchen by the light of a paraffin lamp.
Fiction book (2001) -
Jamie's beautiful daughter Helen walked in carrying a platter of steaming small meat pies.
Fiction book (1991) -
Between them, they finished a loaf of bread, a cold meat pie, a few sausages, and a dish of figs, and sat back replete over a bowl of nuts.
Fiction book (2001) -
The baker's meat pie was filled with tender pieces of beef and vegetables.
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I enjoyed a delicious meat pie for lunch at the local market.
Synonyms
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2.3
A baked dish of minced meat and vegetables topped with mashed potatoes
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2.3
A baked dish of meat and vegetables often covered with a pastry crust
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3.1
A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork
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4.4
A meat pie filled with beef kidneys and baked with a pastry crust
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2.3
A pastry filled with pieces of beef and kidneys, often cooked in gravy
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1.1
A baked pastry filled with cooked lamb and vegetables
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1.6
A baked dish of minced meat, usually beef, topped with mashed potatoes
A baked dish of seasoned meat and vegetables topped with cornbread
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pie filled with meat' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'meat' (animal flesh used as food) with 'pie' (a pastry filled with savory or sweet ingredients). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common English and cross-linguistic food-naming patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Meat pie comes from the simple idea of putting meat inside pie pastry and baking it. Cooks used this to make a warm, portable meal, so today it means 'a baked dish with meat enclosed in pastry'.