pie
pie /p'aɪ/ (pies)
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A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry.
...a pork pie.
...apple pie and custard.
see also cottage pie, shepherd's pie
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If you describe an idea, plan, or promise of something good as pie in the sky, you mean that you think that it is very unlikely to happen.
The true regeneration of devastated Docklands seemed like pie in the sky...
to eat humble pie: see humbleap|ple pie (apple pies)
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An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples.
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If a room or a desk is in apple pie order, it is neat and tidy, and everything is where it should be.
They found everything in apple-pie order.
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If you say that something is as American as apple pie, you mean that it is typically American.
Jeans are as American as apple pie.cot|tage pie (cottage pies)
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Cottage pie is a dish which consists of minced meat in gravy with mashed potato on top. (BRIT)
= shepherd's piecus|tard pie (custard pies)
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Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
...a custard pie fight.mince pie (mince pies)
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Mince pies are small pies containing a sticky mixture of small pieces of dried fruit. Mince pies are usually eaten at Christmas.pie chart (pie charts)
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A pie chart is a circle divided into sections to show the relative proportions of a set of things.pork pie (pork pies)
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A pork pie is a round, tall pie with cooked pork inside, which is eaten cold. (BRIT)shep|herd's pie (shepherd's pies)
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Shepherd's pie is a dish consisting of minced meat, usually lamb, covered with a layer of mashed potato. (BRIT)
1 [N-VAR]
A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry.
...a pork pie.
...apple pie and custard.
see also cottage pie, shepherd's pie
2 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you describe an idea, plan, or promise of something good as pie in the sky, you mean that you think that it is very unlikely to happen.
The true regeneration of devastated Docklands seemed like pie in the sky...
to eat humble pie: see humbleap|ple pie (apple pies)
1 [N-COUNT]
An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples.
2 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If a room or a desk is in apple pie order, it is neat and tidy, and everything is where it should be.
They found everything in apple-pie order.
3 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you say that something is as American as apple pie, you mean that it is typically American.
Jeans are as American as apple pie.cot|tage pie (cottage pies)
[N-VAR]
Cottage pie is a dish which consists of minced meat in gravy with mashed potato on top. (BRIT)
= shepherd's piecus|tard pie (custard pies)
[N-COUNT]
Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
...a custard pie fight.mince pie (mince pies)
[N-COUNT]
Mince pies are small pies containing a sticky mixture of small pieces of dried fruit. Mince pies are usually eaten at Christmas.pie chart (pie charts)
[N-COUNT]
A pie chart is a circle divided into sections to show the relative proportions of a set of things.pork pie (pork pies)
[N-VAR]
A pork pie is a round, tall pie with cooked pork inside, which is eaten cold. (BRIT)shep|herd's pie (shepherd's pies)
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Shepherd's pie is a dish consisting of minced meat, usually lamb, covered with a layer of mashed potato. (BRIT)