pie

/pai/
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pie

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

Definition
  1. 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.
pie

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

Noun
  1. a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
  2. dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top

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