pie
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
“The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.”
Other meanings
Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
“Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.”
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.
A kind of
- pastry
Kinds of pie
- deep-dish pie
- apple pie
- lemon meringue pie
- blueberry pie
- pecan pie
- pumpkin pie
- squash pie
- meat pie
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "pye".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pie” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.