Meaning
A food cooked in an oven, with fruit or meat inside a cover made of flour and butter.
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Word origin
The origin is not agreed, and two accounts are usually given.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- pie
Other proposed origins
- Most often linked to pie, an old name for the magpie, a bird that collects a mixture of odd things. (pie (magpie))
- Other accounts treat the Middle English word as being of unknown origin. (pie)
Grammar
Examples
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Here the fruit inside the pie is apple.
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A pie can hold meat instead of fruit.
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"Pie" is countable, so it can be one pie or many pies.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 8: pie, advantage, pure and 7 more words.