pie
/pai/
Definition
- Noun:
- A baked dish with a pastry crust, typically filled with sweet or savory ingredients: A food item consisting of a pastry shell that encloses a filling, which is then baked. The top may be open, covered with a pastry crust, or have a lattice design.
- (Linguistics, capitalized: PIE) Proto-Indo-European: A prehistoric, unrecorded language that is the reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European language family.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Food):
- She baked an apple pie for dessert.
- We ordered a chicken pot pie for dinner.
- Noun (Linguistics):
- Scholars study Proto-Indo-European (PIE) to understand language evolution.
Advanced Usage
- "as easy as pie": Very easy or simple.
- The test was as easy as pie.
- "pie in the sky": An unrealistic hope or promise of good fortune.
- His plan to get rich quick is just pie in the sky.
Variants and Related Words
- Pie chart (n): A circular statistical graphic divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportion.
- The report used a pie chart to show market share.
- Pie-eyed (adj, informal): Very drunk.
- He came home pie-eyed after the party.
- Piecrust (n): The pastry shell of a pie.
- She makes a very flaky piecrust.
Synonyms
- Tart: A baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry.
- Pastry: A dough of flour, water, and shortening that may be savory or sweetened.
- (For PIE) Proto-Indo-European, Indo-European parent language.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs/Idioms)
- To eat humble pie: To admit one's error and apologize humbly.
- After his mistake was exposed, he had to eat humble pie.
- To have a finger in every pie: To be involved in many different activities or businesses.
- She's a successful investor with a finger in every pie.
- Pie-faced (adj, informal): Having a round, flat face.
- The cartoon character was drawn as a pie-faced clown.
Noun
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a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
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dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
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