pie
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- noun
- /paɪ/
- My mother baked a cherry pie for the family gathering.
- apple pie
- bake pies
- cherry pie
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Watch on YouTubeWhile waiting for the shepherd's pie, I make some smoothies.
- While waiting for the shepherd's pie, I make some smoothies.
- Why isn't half apple half pumpkin pie a thing?
- Sorry I didn't suck down apple pies and sugary pastries.
- Now does that McDonald's apple pie look anything like that apple?
- But I'm a Key Lime Pie kind of guy.
- Then we're going to have like pie crust crumbles in the shake.
- Looks just like a beautiful pie, fluffy pie.
- And I just hand off these pies and then we go back home.
- Taste is kind of like Key Lime Pie, shrimp, tequila.
Examples
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Save room for key lime pie while Don tells the bittersweet story of its origin.
Academic text (1996) -
After a long while, they camped, making a dinner of cold meat pie and boiled leeks.
Fiction book (1991) -
So we all know that this audience likes pie more than everyone else.
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Can I have a bite of that pie?
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Did you like the rabbit pie?
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When we finished the pecan pie, I stood up to clear the table.
Fiction book (1990) -
My second favorite thing is this pie here, Jamie Oliver's.
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Why isn't half apple half pumpkin pie a thing?
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Uh, and the blueberry pie with ice cream for dessert.
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It'd be nice to get a slice of that pie.
Synonyms
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A sweet baked dessert with sliced apples inside a pastry crust
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A sweet baked pie with spiced mashed pumpkin filling
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A sweet pie made with pecans, sugar, and eggs
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A sweet baked dish with a crust filled with blueberries and sugar
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A baked dish of minced meat and vegetables topped with mashed potatoes
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A baked dish of cooked meat inside pastry, usually eaten hot
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A sweet pie made from sour red plant stalks and sugar
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A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork
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A sweet dessert with lemon filling and soft meringue on top
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A small round sweet pie with a fruit and spice filling often eaten at Christmas
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A pie filled with sweet custard that people throw in the face to be funny
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A pie with a deep layer of fruit filling and a top crust
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A baked pastry filled with cooked lamb and vegetables
Idioms
- Informal
Different parts of life have their own good things to enjoy one at a time
Compounds
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A pastry filled with pieces of beef and kidneys, often cooked in gravy
- US
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A sweet pie that uses the cooked, mashed part of a winter vegetable like pumpkin
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Etymology
Pie is linked to the bird magpie, a bird that gathers many different things, and people began to call a pastry with mixed contents a 'pie'. So a pie today is a baked pastry with a sweet or savory 'filling'.