pie shell
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1.6
- noun
- /paɪ ʃɛl/
:
base de tarta
- Buy some premade small-size pie shells in the freezer section.
- bake the pie shell
- unbaked pie shell
- fill the pie shell
Examples
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In the defrosted pie shell, add ie...
Blog text (9) -
Then she sees the pie shell.
Fiction book (1991) -
Whisk all ingredients together and pour into pie shell.
Fiction book (2000) -
Pour mixture into the cooled pie shell.
Blog text (10) -
Jack's first pie shell.
Fiction book (1991) -
Turn the fruit mixture, including the juices, into the chilled pie shell and mound the apples slightly in the center.
Blog text (3) -
To make the dessert, first place the fruit mixture into the pie shell and bake until golden.
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The chef rolled out the dough and carefully fitted it into the pie shell before adding the filling.
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After baking, the pie shell was perfectly crispy and ready for the sweet custard filling.
Synonyms
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1.1
A hard outer layer that forms on things like bread or dried mud
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1.0
A dough of flour and fat that you use as a base for pies
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1.6
A thin layer of dough used as the base or top of a pie
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8.1
A toasted piece of bread or pastry used to hold food
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pastry crust used to hold the filling of a pie' is directly derivable from combining 'pie' (a pastry) with 'shell' (an outer casing), where 'shell' functions as a container/casing for the pie. This is a regular, compositional noun–noun compound found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Pie shell is the thin pastry crust that holds a pie's filling. The word shell means a hollow case and, with pie, gives the image of a pastry 'container' you fill with fruit or cream, so pie shell simply means the pastry crust that holds the filling.