apple pie

Thân thiện

A baker places a freshly baked apple pie on the windowsill to cool.

Definition

Noun: 1. A type of pie with a pastry crust, typically having a top crust, filled with sliced apples and sugar, often spiced with cinnamon or nutmeg. It is a classic dessert, particularly associated with American home cooking and tradition.

Usage

The term "apple pie" is used as a countable noun to refer to the specific dessert item. It is often used in contexts discussing food, baking, tradition, or as a cultural symbol. - For dessert, she baked a delicious apple pie. - The smell of baking apple pie filled the whole house. - He ordered a slice of apple pie with vanilla ice cream.

Advanced Usage

• "As American as apple pie": An idiom used to describe something considered quintessentially American or representative of traditional American values and culture.
  • Baseball and apple pie are often cited as being as American as apple pie.

Variants and Related Words

• Apple pie order (idiomatic phrase): A state of perfect neatness and order.
  • She always keeps her desk in apple pie order.
  • (Note: This is a related idiomatic phrase, not a direct variant of the food item.)

Synonyms

• Fruit pie (a more general term)
• Dessert pie

Related Idioms

• "Easy as pie": Very easy. (While this idiom uses "pie," it is a general idiom not specific to apple pie.)
  • The test was easy as pie.

Học thuật

Noun

1. pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar