apple tart
Definition
Noun: 1. A dessert consisting of a pastry crust (tart shell) filled with cooked, sliced apples, typically sweetened with sugar and often flavored with spices like cinnamon. 2. A small, individual open pie with an apple filling.
Usage
The term "apple tart" refers specifically to the baked dessert item. It is a count noun. * For dessert, she baked a delicious apple tart. * The bakery sells individual apple tarts as well as large ones to share. * Would you like a slice of apple tart with your coffee?
Advanced Usage
- The phrase can be used metaphorically to represent something quintessentially traditional, simple, or wholesome, often in a domestic context.
- Her proposal wasn't about grand innovation; it was apple tart—simple, reliable, and satisfying.
Variants and Related Words
- Tarte Tatin: A specific, famous French upside-down caramelized apple tart.
- Apple pie: A similar dessert, but typically with a top crust, fully enclosing the filling.
- Fruit tart: A general term for a tart with any fruit filling.
Synonyms
- Apple flan (in some regional uses)
Related Phrases/Idioms
- (As) American as apple pie: An idiom denoting something as symbolically characteristic of American culture. While "apple pie" is standard in this idiom, "apple tart" could be used in a similar, though less common, construction for other cultural contexts.
- He considered a proper cup of tea to be as English as apple tart.
Noun
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a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar
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a small open pie filled with sliced apples and sugar
