MEANING OF PIE - English Dictionary And Thesaurus

MEANING OF PIE – English Dictionary And Thesaurus

MEANING OF PIE – In this topic, we are going to know the definition or meaning of pie, as well as its similar terms.

There are three definitions of this term according to the Oxford Dictionary. Here are the following:

1st iteration
- (Noun) a baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry.
- a pizza (in the US).
2nd iteration
- (Noun) short term for magpie, which is a a long-tailed crow with boldly marked (or green) plumage and a raucous voice.
- derived form the Latin pica
3rd iteration
- a former monetary unit of India and Pakistan, equal to one twelfth of an anna.
- derived from the Hindi word pā’ī, which is derived from the Sanskrit pada or padī, which means ‘quarter’.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, on the other hand, includes the following definitions:

1st iteration
- As a noun
  - a dessert consisting of a filling (as of fruit or custard) in a pastry shell or topped with pastry or both
  - a meat dish baked with biscuit or pastry crust
- As a verb
  - to throw a pie at (someone) : to hit (someone) especially in the face with a pie
2nd iteration
- (Noun) short term for magpie, which refers to any of various birds (especially Pica pica) related to the jays but having a long graduated tail and black-and-white or brightly colored plumage
3rd iteration
- a less common spelling of the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet Pi
  - type that is spilled or mixed
  - a pi character or matrix

Here are the following synonyms of the term: