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pie

696 1.0
A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling
  • noun
  • /paɪ/
translation icon : tarta
  • My mother baked a cherry pie for the family gathering.
  • apple pie
  • bake pies
  • cherry pie

While waiting for the shepherd's pie, I make some smoothies.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • Can I have a bite of that pie?

  • Did you like the rabbit pie?

  • 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.

  • Why isn't half apple half pumpkin pie a thing?

  • Uh, and the blueberry pie with ice cream for dessert.

  • It'd be nice to get a slice of that pie.

Synonyms

apple pie
vspie
41 1.0

A sweet baked dessert with sliced apples inside a pastry crust

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
pumpkin pie
vspie
  • US
26 1.0

A sweet baked pie with spiced mashed pumpkin filling

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
pecan pie
vspie
  • US
12 1.0

A sweet pie made with pecans, sugar, and eggs

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
7 1.0

A sweet baked dish with a crust filled with blueberries and sugar

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
7 2.3

A baked dish of minced meat and vegetables topped with mashed potatoes

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
meat pie
vspie
5 1.0

A baked dish of cooked meat inside pastry, usually eaten hot

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
4 1.6

A sweet dessert with lemon filling and soft meringue on top

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
rhubarb pie
vspie
3 1.6

A sweet pie made from sour red plant stalks and sugar

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
pork pie
vspie
  • UK
3 3.1

A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
mince pie
vspie
  • UK
3 3.1

A small round sweet pie with a fruit and spice filling often eaten at Christmas

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
custard pie
vspie
1 2.4

A pie filled with sweet custard that people throw in the face to be funny

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
lamb pie
vspie
1 1.1

A baked pastry filled with cooked lamb and vegetables

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings
1 2.7

A pie with a deep layer of fruit filling and a top crust

is the general pastry dish made with many sweet or savory fillings

Idioms

piece of the pie
  • Informal
10 3.4

A part of profits or benefits that people receive

pie in the sky
  • Informal
10 7.5

An idea or plan that is unlikely to happen

easy as pie
  • Informal
4 1.7

Very easy to do with little skill

1 7.9

To admit you are wrong and feel embarrassed

cap-a-pie
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Completely dressed from head to foot

1 7.7

Neat and well organized like a tidy room

nice as pie
  • Informal
1 8.0

Very pleasant and friendly to other people

7.2

To have a part in something and some control

9.2

Different parts of life have their own good things to enjoy one at a time

Compounds

41 1.0

A sweet baked dessert with sliced apples inside a pastry crust

26 1.0

A sweet baked pie with spiced mashed pumpkin filling

12 1.0

A sweet pie made with pecans, sugar, and eggs

A sweet baked dish with a crust filled with blueberries and sugar

7 1.1

A thin pastry layer used as the bottom or top of a pie that holds the filling

A baked dish of minced meat and vegetables topped with mashed potatoes

7 2.6

A circle divided into parts that shows how much each part is of the whole

5 1.0

A baked dish of cooked meat inside pastry, usually eaten hot

4 1.0

A lump of mud shaped like a small cake that children make when playing outside

4 1.0

A round flat dough that has tomato sauce and cheese on top

A sweet dessert with lemon filling and soft meringue on top

3 1.6

A sweet pie made from sour red plant stalks and sugar

3 3.1

A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork

3 3.1

A small round sweet pie with a fruit and spice filling often eaten at Christmas

2 4.4

A meat pie filled with beef kidneys and baked with a pastry crust

cow pie
  • NSFW
2 8.2

A flat piece of cow poop left in a field

1 1.6

A baked or unbaked pastry crust that holds the filling of a pie

1 2.4

A pie filled with sweet custard that people throw in the face to be funny

A cake made of sponge layers filled with custard and topped with chocolate

A pastry filled with pieces of beef and kidneys, often cooked in gravy

1 1.6

A baked dish of minced meat, usually beef, topped with mashed potatoes

A pie with a deep layer of fruit filling and a top crust

apple-pie order
  • Informal
1 8.4

A place or situation where things are very clean and neatly arranged

1 1.1

A baked pastry filled with cooked lamb and vegetables

1 2.3

A sweet pie that uses the cooked, mashed part of a winter vegetable like pumpkin

A herb from the Himalayas with red veins in its leaves used in pies

pie plant
  • Archaic
6.1

A plant with thick stems you can eat, often used in pies

pie-dog
  • Archaic
9.9

A dog with no owner that lives near villages, often in India

pie-eater
  • Informal
9.3

A person who likes to eat pies

pity pie
  • Informal
9.9

Eating comfort food because you feel sorry for yourself

4.4

A baked dish of seasoned meat and vegetables topped with cornbread

9.6

A sweet open pie that uses molasses and a crumb topping

How Big

pie
696 1.0
tart
93 1.6

Surface Forms

pie singular
pies plural

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'.