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squash pie

squash pie

1 2.3
A sweet pie that uses the cooked, mashed part of a winter vegetable like pumpkin
  • noun
  • /skwɑʃ paɪ/
  • US
translation icon : pastel de calabaza
  • My grandmother's famous squash pie is always the highlight of our Thanksgiving dinner.

You need super simple to make your own pumpkin pie filling or squash pie filling.

Examples

  • If you can't find pumpkin, a squash pie makes an excellent substitute.

  • My grandmother always bakes a delicious squash pie for Thanksgiving dinner.

  • We used butternut squash to make the filling for our homemade squash pie.

  • She baked a delicious squash pie for dessert.

  • Have you ever tried squash pie?

  • Every fall, I love to bake a creamy squash pie using fresh winter squash from the farmer's market.

  • The bakery sells a delicious squash pie that tastes just like traditional pumpkin pie.

Synonyms

pumpkin pie
vssquash pie
  • US
26 1.0

A sweet baked pie with spiced mashed pumpkin filling

uses a winter vegetable puree instead of that main ingredient

Surface Forms

squash pie singular
squash pies plural

Morphology

squash + pie

This noun phrase is directly compositional: 'squash' (an edible gourd) + 'pie' (a pastry filled with ingredients) yields a pie made from squash, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning. The construction follows a common noun‑of‑type pattern found across languages (e.g. 'pumpkin pie' / 'pastel de calabaza'), making the sense immediately transparent.

Etymology

Squash pie comes from early American cooking, when people cooked and mashed winter squash to make a sweet pie when 'pumpkin' was not available. That's why the name means 'a sweet pie made with mashed winter squash'.