Meat-pie

  • 41pie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pastry, pasty, patisserie, tart; mud pie. See sweetness, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. Varieties of pies include meat pies: chicken, turkey, lamb, pork, beef, steak and kidney, shepherd s, cottage, pot …

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  • 42PIE — Proto Indo European. * * * ▪ food       dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. A top crust may be added; the pie is baked until the crust is crisp and the filling is cooked… …

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  • 43pie — 1. n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything resembling a pie in form (a mud pie). Phrases and idioms: easy as pie very easy. pie chart a circle divided into sectors to represent relative… …

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  • 44PIE — 1. n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything resembling a pie in form (a mud pie). Phrases and idioms: easy as pie very easy. pie chart a circle divided into sectors to represent relative… …

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  • 45pie´like´ — pie1 «py», noun. 1. fruit, meat, vegetables, or other ingredients enclosed in pastry and baked in a round, flat dish or pan: »apple pie, chicken pie. 2. a round layer cake with a filling, as of cream, custard, or jelly: »Boston cream pie. 3. U.S …

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  • 46pie — [[t]pa͟ɪ[/t]] pies 1) N VAR A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry. → See also , shepherd s pie ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and custard. 2) PHRASE: usu v link PHR If you describe an idea, plan, or promise of something good… …

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  • 47pie — I [[t]paɪ[/t]] n. 1) coo a pastry crust filled with fruit, meat, pudding, etc., and baked, often with a top crust 2) coo a layer cake with a cream or custard filling: Boston cream pie[/ex] 3) a total or whole that can be divided: They want a… …

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  • 48pie — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apple, chicken, meat (esp. BrE), pumpkin (esp. AmE), etc. ▪ mud (= mud in the shape of pies, made by children) … OF PIE ▪ …

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  • 49pie — I. /paɪ / (say puy) noun 1. a baked dish consisting of a sweet (fruit, etc.) or savoury (meat, fish, etc.) filling, enclosed in or covered by pastry, or sometimes other topping as mashed potatoes. 2. US → tart2. 3. a group of bidders at an… …

  • 50pie — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh Date: 13th century magpie II. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a meat dish baked with biscuit or… …

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