pie — a baked dish of fruit, meat, or vegetables covered with pastry
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a baked dish of fruit, meat, or vegetables covered with pastry
Pronunciation (IPA): /paɪ/
Example Sentences
- The pie was so hot that it burned my tongue!
- She threw a pie at his face during the food fight.
- The restaurant is famous for its homemade pies.
pie
NOUN[/paɪ/]
a baked dish of fruit, meat, or vegetables covered with pastry
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word derives from Middle English 'pye', possibly borrowed from Latin 'pica' (magpie). The semantic connection likely arose from the magpie's habit of collecting various objects, metaphorically describing how pie combines multiple ingredients into a single dish.
Breakdown
pye (Middle English) → pie (modern English), referring to a baked dish containing diverse assembled ingredients, with the underlying sense of 'collection' or 'mixture' retained from the original Latin root.
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🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The pie was so hot that it burned my tongue!”
“She threw a pie at his face during the food fight.”
“The restaurant is famous for its homemade pies.”
“Can you help me slice the pie into eight pieces?”
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