pie

³pie

Definition of PIE

variant of pi

¹pie

noun \ˈpī\

Definition of PIE

: magpie

Origin of PIE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh

First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with PIE

ay, aye, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, chai, chi, cry, die, dry, dye, eye, fie, fly, fry, guy, hie, high, Huai, i, I, lie, lye, my, nigh, phi, pi, ply, pry, psi, rye, scythe, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sly, spry, spy, sty, Tai, Thai, thigh, thy, tie, try, vie, why, wry, wye, xi, Y

²pie

noun

Definition of PIE

1

: a meat dish baked with biscuit or pastry crust — compare potpie

2

: a dessert consisting of a filling (as of fruit or custard) in a pastry shell or topped with pastry or both

3

a : affair, business <she wanted her finger … in every possible social pie — Mary Deasy>

b : a whole regarded as divisible into shares <giving the less fortunate … a larger share of the economic pie — R. M. Hutchins>

Origin of PIE

Middle English

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel