Pie

Quick meaning: Pie is a noun meaning Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.

Meaning

Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.

More Meanings

1. (Northeastern US) A pizza.
2. (figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
3. (cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
4. A pie chart.
5. (informal) Something very easy; a piece of cake.
6. A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
7. A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)

Example Sentences

Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.

Pies are best for comparing the components of only one or two totals.

The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.

Yeah, some guys like to eat the old hairy pie. Women, too, or so I've heard.

Word Forms

• pies
• pieing
• pied

Synonyms for pie

Depending on context, synonyms include foot.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cookie, pastry, biscuit, twinkie, cheesecake, cake.

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