Antonyms for pie

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : pahy

Phonetic Transcription : paɪ

Definition of pie

Origin : "pastry," mid-14c. (probably older; piehus "bakery" is attested from late 12c.), from Medieval Latin pie "meat or fish enclosed in pastry" (c.1300), perhaps related to Medieval Latin pia "pie, pastry," also possibly connected with pica "magpie" (see pie (n.2)) on notion of the bird's habit of collecting miscellaneous objects. Figurative of "something to be shared out" by 1967.
According to OED, not known outside English, except Gaelic pighe, which is from English. In the Middle Ages, a pie had many ingredients, a pastry but one. Fruit pies began to appear c.1600. Figurative sense of "something easy" is from 1889. Pie-eyed "drunk" is from 1904. Phrase pie in the sky is 1911, from Joe Hill's Wobbly parody of hymns. Pieman is not attested earlier than the nursery rhyme "Simple Simon" (c.1820). Pie chart is from 1922.

As in feasible : adj possible, doable
As in pastry : noun baked product made with flour
As in snap : noun easy thing to accomplish
As in stew : noun mixture, miscellany
As in tart : noun pastry
As in piece of cake : noun an easy thing
As in sweets : noun food with a high sugar content
As in dessert : noun sweet treat
As in duck soup : noun easy task
As in eye : noun optical organ of an animate being

Example sentences :

Remove from the fire and pour into the baked crust of a pie.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The most popular form in which it is served is probably in pie.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

"Four hundred and twenty might be baked in that pie," she laughed.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

She turned her back and slowly slid into the oven the pie she was carrying.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

I was angry with the girl for putting her finger into our pie.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

When done put the pie on a large dish, and pour the gravy over it.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Cover the pie with a crust, notch and ornament it, and bake it well.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Bake the pie in a moderate oven, about three quarters of an hour.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

At this point, he took up a knife, and cut a careful triangle of pie.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Then said the lovely bride, ‘Dear Captain Murderer, what pie is this to be?’
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for pie

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