apple pie
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- noun
- /ˈæpəl paɪ/
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tarta de manzana (España)
- I would love to have a slice of apple pie with vanilla ice cream.
- American apple pie
I guess it doesn't get more American than this apple pie.
- I guess it doesn't get more American than this apple pie.
- So I walk into our house and I smell apple pie.
- And one of the things a little bit ahead of the trend where people would make homemade versions of apple pie, like apple pie shots.
Examples
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Do they serve hot apple pies with the breakfast food?
Fiction book (1993) -
Bring me a large slice of apple pie and a demitasse.
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- I got you an apple pie.
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Are you bringing the apple pie?
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I would love apple pie and hot cocoa.
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I'm definitely gonna have some more of this apple pie.
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Your mom baked you an apple pie.
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On the table were a bowl of fruit, an apple pie, and a teapot.
Fiction book (1993) -
My mother raised me to bake a decent apple pie, and I can't do any less.
Fiction book (1999) -
If you come here and you don't stop at Instance Cafe to get a coffee and a homemade apple pie, you are missing out.
Synonyms
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1.0
A baked pastry with a sweet or savory filling
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1.6
A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard
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A baked sweet pastry like a pie with sliced apples and sugar
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A baked pastry with sweet apple filling wrapped in dough
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A pie with a deep layer of fruit filling and a top crust
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A baked apple wrapped in dough and served as a sweet dessert
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of ‘apple pie’ is directly and compositionally derived from its constituents: a pie (pastry with filling) made of apples. This noun–noun compound is a common, literal food naming pattern cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'tarta de manzana'), so a B1 learner who knows 'apple' and 'pie' will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun apple pie comes from the simple, literal image of a pastry pie filled with sliced apple and sugar and baked until golden. That clear picture is why the term means 'a sweet baked dessert made with apples' and why it often feels like warm, home cooking.